World Health Organization (WHO) officials provided an update on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic as cases globally surpassed 11.6 million with over 539,000 deaths and 6.3 million recoveries as of Tuesday.
The World Health Organization said experts would travel to China over the weekend to prepare a study of the origins of the novel coronavirus and how it jumped from animals to humans.
"The best place to start is clearly where the disease emerged in humans first, and where the disease emerged in humans first, where the first clusters of atypical pneumonia occurred, was in Wuhan," Dr. Mike Ryan head of the WHO's emergencies program said.
This came as the WHO acknowledged during Tuesday's briefing "emerging evidence" that coronavirus may be airborne after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people.
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove added that WHO is publishing a scientific briefing to summarize the latest evidence and research results on COVID-19 transmission methods.
The WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Dr. Mike Ryan wished Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a speedy recovery on Tuesday following his positive test result for COVID-19.
Bolsonaro announced in an interview on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus adding that he was in good health despite some fever.
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