Updated Jan 15, 2021 | 13:57 IST
A general consensus has been established in that, while the Huanan seafood market may have been a super-spreader location, it is almost certainly not where the virus originated. Representational image. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
Although this is the first time that WHO scientists will sit across the table from their Chinese peers, this is not to say that the world s premier medical body has not been in constant contact with them
Researchers are also nearly certain that the virus was a natural event with the outbreak a result of zoonotic spillover
The WHO researchers will be hoping to gain access to the bloodwork conducted by China s scientists, to trace SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence and establish a timeline of the outbreak