Field Visits of WHO Experts to Wuhan
From January 20 to 21, the WHO sent a team of experts to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak and communicate with their Chinese counterparts about virus infectivity, severe cases and infection source. The WHO experts confirmed human-to-human transmission of the epidemic and infection among medical personnel.
WHO appreciated China's initiative to report epidemic information and share the genetic sequence of the virus, approved the strong and effective measures taken by the Chinese government in a very short time, and praised China's rapid research and identification of new types of viruses. It also recognized China's progress in medical research in recent years.
On February 16, the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19 began their field visits in Beijing, Guangdong and Sichuan. The team brought together authorities from a number of institutions around the world in the fields of epidemiology, virology, clinical management, epidemic control and public health. On February 22, the experts went to Wuhan to continue inspection. They worked with Chinese epidemiologists to investigate the source of the virus and try to confirm whether the virus had stopped spreading from animals to humans.
世界衛生組織專家組赴武漢考察
2020年1月20日至21日，世界衛生組織首次派出專家組赴武漢實地考察，就病毒傳染性、重癥病例和傳染源等問題同中方進行交流，確認疫情傳播途徑出現人傳人以及醫務人員感染。世界衛生組織贊賞中國主動通報疫情信息和分享病毒基因序列，肯定中國政府在短時間內采取的各項有力有效舉措，稱道中國快速研究和識別新的病毒種類，認可中國近年來在醫學研究能力方面的進展。
2月16日起，中國—世界衛生組織新冠肺炎聯合專家考察組在北京、廣東和四川三地進行考察。專家組集聚全球多個機構的流行病學、病毒學、臨床管理、疫情控制和公共衛生等領域權威人士。2月22日，聯合專家組赴武漢繼續考察，并與中國流行病學專家合作，調查病毒源頭，確認病毒是否已經停止從動物向人類傳播。