WHO to visit Wuhan at start of probe into Covid-19 origins

Nurses assemble plastic face shields at a hospital designated for the coronavirus patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Picture: AP

World Health Organisation experts will visit the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, at the start of their investigation into the origins of the pandemic, China has said.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the experts will arrive in Wuhan tomorrow.