GENEVA, Switzerland – Global health experts gathered on Thursday to tackle new coronavirus strains blamed for a fresh surge in infections as countries including Britain and France tightened restrictions to head off a further worsening of the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee session came as their colleagues were seeking the origins of the virus on a long-delayed mission to the pandemic ground zero in Wuhan. Much of the planet is facing a second or third wave of infections, with populations chafing under painful and economically damaging restrictions. They quoted her as saying the virus could only be stopped with “significant additional measures”. The death comes as a 10-strong investigation team arrived in Wuhan, where the virus emerged in late 2019.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 14, 2021 22:41 UTC