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China denies two WHO members entry after failing COVID-19 tests

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images / MANILA BULLETIN) The two experts were stopped from boarding a plane to the city of Wuhan after testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies in blood-based serology tests during transit in Singapore, even though they tested negative for COVID-19 in swab tests, Dow Jones reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. The WHO later confirmed that two scientists were stuck in the city-state as video showed the others arriving in Wuhan around noon. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian sidestepped questions about the two scientists who were denied entry and how long the group members will be quarantined, but said their visas will be valid “long enough for them to conduct their work in China.” The Communist Party-backed Global Times reported earlier the quarantine period would last 14 days.

China stops two WHO scientists from travelling to investigate origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan

The WHO criticized China earlier this month for delaying the travel of experts into the country

China Denied Two WHO Members Entry After Failed Covid-19 Tests: Report

China Denied Two WHO Members Entry After Failed Covid-19 Tests: Report Bloomberg 1/14/2021 Bloomberg News © Photographer: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images A member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic boards a bus following their arrival at a cordoned-off section in the international arrivals area at the airport in Wuhan on January 14, 2021. (Bloomberg) The World Health Organization’s mission to trace the origins of Covid-19 got off to a rocky start on Thursday, with two members of the 15-person delegation denied entry to China after failing to clear health-screening procedures. The two experts were stopped from boarding a plane to the city of Wuhan after testing positive for Covid-19 antibodies in blood-based serology tests during transit in Singapore, even though they tested negative for Covid-19 in swab tests, Dow Jones reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. The WHO l

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