The head of the Wuhan laboratory reported that laboratory investigations have also not found the coronavirus in fish and seafood sold on the market. However, the virus was found at the market in the section where wild animals were traded. The Chinese side claims that they were blocked in this zone. The VOZ working group conducted a visit to the "Huanan" market on January 31, 2021, under the chairmanship of the head of the Chinese MOH. The visit was meant to clarify the situation with the spread of the virus in the city, where the first outbreak of infections was recorded in December 2019. "Since April 2020, nearly 90 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 1.9 million deaths have been confirmed globally across 220 countries and territories," noted the WHO spokesperson.
