The World Health Organization's (WHO) is making efforts to probe the origin of the corona. A team of the organisation which is on a visit to China's Wuhan will publish a preliminary report next week.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said the Wuhan which is the first covid-19 hotspot, visit has been an important scientific exercise, adding that they are open to all hypotheses and require further analysis and studies.
Addressing a press briefing, Tedros told reporters, "Some questions have been raised as to whether some hypotheses have been discarded. Having spoken with some members of the team, I wish to confirm that all hypotheses remain open and require further analysis and studies." He further added, "This has been a very important scientific exercise in very difficult circumstances. The expert team is working on a summary report which we hope will be published next week, and the full final report will be published in the coming weeks."
Meanwhile, According to Johns Hopkins University, 108,172,346 corona cases have been recorded globally and 2,382,336 deaths. The United States continues to the worst affected country by the pandemic with over 27,489,619 cases.
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