WHO: Wuhan's virus alarm doesn't necessarily point to COVID-19 origin

WHO: Wuhan's virus alarm doesn't necessarily point to COVID-19 origin.

OMS: la alarma de virus de Wuhan no necesariamente apunta al origen de COVID-19

China CGTN Report.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the fact that Wuhan's specific surveillance system was triggered by COVID-19 doesn't necessarily mean that that is where the disease originated.

"One must remember that there was a specific surveillance system in place in Wuhan for picking up clusters of atypical pneumonia," said Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme.

"It was there for a very specific purpose. And the fact that that fire alarm was triggered doesn't necessarily mean that that is where the disease crossed from animals into humans."

The WHO has sent two experts to China to find out more about the origin of the virus.