Experts from the World Health Organization, who recently returned from Wuhan, suggest that COVID-19 could begin to spread around the world not from December 2019, but two months earlier, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). WHO scientists push for further research in central China. According to them, more than 90 people in central China were hospitalized with symptoms similar to COVID-19 two months before the new coronavirus infection was detected in Wuhan at the end of 2019 Data on patients with pneumonia and other symptoms similar to COVID-. These are 92 cases in 223 health facilities throughout Hubei province, where the outbreak is located in Wuhan.. About a third of these patients died or refused to participate in the tests, said the head of the WHO group Peter Ben Embarek.. Two-thirds are negative on serological tests that look for antibodies. " The important thing is that we really don't know how reliable serological tests are for detecting antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 more than a year after infection, " WHO Delegation said it urged China to conduct broader analyzes of blood samples collected in autumn 2019 in the Hubei region. Chinese authorities said they have not yet received the necessary permits to study the samples, many of which are stored in blood banks..

Recall that the WHO presented the results of the trip of experts to Wuhan. In particular, it was reported that it is no longer possible to establish how the coronavirus got to the Wuhan market, but four versions of how the coronavirus got from animals to humans were named.. Earlier it was reported that WHO will continue to search for the causes of the emergence of coronavirus outside Wuhan. News from in Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet Author: 1.