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China to let WHO send in experts on virus

Chinese officials agreed to allow WHO's experts to enter as soon as possible and help to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.

Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province, in 2018
Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province, in 2018 (AN/Yohann Agnelot)

Chinese officials agreed on Tuesday to allow international experts from the United Nations health agency to enter the country as soon as possible and join in efforts to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.

The World Health Organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said after a meeting in Beijing with China's President Xi Jinping that their agreement will help to "guide global response efforts" focused around the outbreak first detected in December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

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