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Coronavirus variant: Expert outlines details of new strain
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Professor Shi Zhengli, of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), has said she personally will “welcome” the investigation from the WHO, which will take place in Wuhan in January. WHO members will begin their inquiry in January, but are not expected to investigate the theory that COVID-19 began from a leak from the WIV. The professor, along with the Chinese government, had previously angrily dismissed suggestions the pandemic began after a sample of the virus leaked from the laboratory.