An expert mission to China to find the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has expressed dismay that China seems to be making things difficult for them.
The Head of the World Health Organization complained that Beijing was blocking the team from entering the country.
WHO Chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was very disappointed with the last-minute bar on entry.
A 10-member team was due to arrive in China, this week, after months of painstaking negotiations.
They were of the opinion that Beijing is determined to control the origin story of the virus, which has killed more than 1.8 million people so far and laid waste to global economies.
The first cases of the coronavirus were recorded in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, prompting accusations of chaotic, secretive handling by Chinese authorities which led to its spread beyond China.
US President Donald Trump called the pandemic the “China virus”.
But Beijing has so far resisted pressure for a full independent probe into the early days of the outbreak.
Instead, it has seeded doubt as to whether the pandemic even started inside its borders.
The WHO mission intends seek clear answers on how the virus jumped from animals to humans.
There was no immediate comment from China.
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