WHO waits for China to share info on new cases; notes 100,000 cases daily

Tedros noted that it took over two months to reach 100,000 reported cases now that is a daily norm

The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said he fully expects China to share the genetic sequences from the resurgence of coronavirus that have recently hit Beijing, even though they have not yet done so.

Chinese officials said that their examination of the virus shows it originated in Europe, but they have not yet shared the sequences with WHO or the global scientific community.

"We fully expect our colleagues in China will share that information," said Dr. Michael Ryan at a press briefing on Monday. Ryan said the finding that this virus genome may represent a strain commonly transmitting in Europe