Hong Kong: As the World Health Organisation (WHO) team landed in Wuhan on Thursday to study the cause of the Covid-19 outbreak, China blocked two
Hong Kong: As the World Health Organisation (WHO) team landed in Wuhan on Thursday to study the cause of the Covid-19 outbreak, China blocked two members of the 13-member international team from travelling to the epicentre of the pandemic after they failed the coronavirus antibody test in Singapore. The WHO first tweeted that the international team of 13 scientists examining the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19 arrived in Wuhan. The experts were to begin their work immediately during the two-week quarantine protocol for international travellers. Later, in a separate tweet, WHO said that two members of that team remain in Singapore after they were “tested positive for IgM antibodies”. IgM antibodies are among the earliest potential signs of a coronavirus infection and false positives are also possible with such tests. “Two scientists are still in #Singapore completing tests for #COVID19.
