Shi Zhengli, the so-called ‘bat woman’, directing work at her virology laboratory in WuhanIn the coming days, bar any last-minute hitches, 10 renowned international scientists will check into Chinese hotel rooms for two weeks of quarantine. So will start the World Health Organisation (WHO) mission of foreign experts to investigate the coronavirus, a year after the first reports emerged of a mystery disease sweeping the central city of Wuhan. But the mystery has become even harder to solve. Beijing has delayed the arrival of the WHO team for months with a barrage of logistical demands and rules. The experts will depend on government

Source: The Times January 03, 2021 00:11 UTC