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WHO virus team to enter China this week

China announced it is "ready to receive" World Health Organization experts this week on an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The World Health Organization's logo (AN/U.S. Mission Geneva)

China's National Health Commission announced on Monday the government is "ready to receive" World Health Organization experts later this week and work together on an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a regular press briefing in Beijing that China supports scientists from various countries in conducting global scientific research on the origins and transmission routes of the novel coronavirus.

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