WHO experts leave Wuhan quarantine to start COVID probe

Members of the group were seen wearing face masks, getting onto a bus

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Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic sit on a bus before leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 14, 2021
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Wuhan: A team of World Health Organization experts left a two-week quarantine in Wuhan Thursday to start a delayed, closely watched probe into the origins of the coronavirus.

Members of the group, all wearing face masks, got onto a bus that zipped them away from the hotel where they had spent their mandatory quarantine, according to AFP reporters at the scene.

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