In Hunt for Coronavirus Source, W.H.O. Let China Take Charge – The New York Times

If we don t know the source then we re equally vulnerable in the future to a similar outbreak, Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization s emergency director, had said that week in Geneva. Understanding that source is a very important next step.

What the team members did not know was that they would not be allowed to investigate the source at all. Despite Dr. Ryan s pronouncements, and over the advice of its emergency committee, the organization s leadership had quietly negotiated terms that sidelined its own experts. They would not question China s initial response or even visit the live-animal market in the city of Wuhan where the outbreak seemed to have originated.

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