Finding pandemic origin could take years: Aussie WHO expert

Sydney microbiologist Professor Dominic Dwyer says it's naive to think investigations will uncover 'virus zero'
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Professor Dominic Dwyer
Professor Dominic Dwyer.

An Australian member of the WHO-led team visiting the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and that years of research lies ahead.

Professor Dominic Dwyer, a microbiologist and infectious diseases expert, says the team in Wuhan has received the access it requested from Chinese authorities as it tries to understand the early days of the coronavirus outbreak first detected in Wuhan.