{"id":26391,"date":"2021-01-06T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/06\/australia-says-china-should-allow-in-who-covid-investigators-without-delay"},"modified":"2021-01-06T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:00:13","slug":"australia-says-china-should-allow-in-who-covid-investigators-without-delay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=26391","title":{"rendered":"Australia says China should allow in WHO Covid investigators &#8216;without delay&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign minister Marise Payne issues mild statement, but opposition parties attack China\u2019s \u2018unacceptable\u2019 actions and \u2018paranoia\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/04\/covid-hotspots-nsw-list-of-sydney-and-regional-coronavirus-case-locations\">NSW hotspots<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/05\/victoria-covid-hotspots-list-of-melbourne-and-regional-case-locations\">Victoria hotspots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2021\/jan\/06\/australia-news-live-victoria-coronavirus-hotspots-western-sydney-dhhs-police-nsw-qld-covid-19\">Follow the Australia live blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/06\/allowing-fans-at-sydney-test-for-mental-health-labelled-laughable-as-berala-cluster-perturbs-authorities\">Allowing fans at Sydney Test for mental health \u2018laughable\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/06\/greg-hunt-faces-mounting-pressure-to-hit-accelerator-on-vaccine-rollout\">Greg Hunt faces pressure to hit accelerator on vaccine rollout<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/06\/thousands-of-victorians-set-to-isolate-after-mystery-covid-case-in-man-who-visited-boxing-day-test\">Thousands of Victorians set to isolate after case visited cricket<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Australian government has called on China to allow a visit by World Health Organization experts investigating how the coronavirus pandemic started, insisting the country should grant them visas \u201cwithout delay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Canberra raised its concerns on Wednesday over reports that Chinese authorities had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/05\/china-blocks-entry-to-who-team-studying-covids-origins\">blocked the arrival of a WHO team<\/a> investigating the early cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/06\/australia-says-china-should-allow-in-who-covid-investigators-without-delay\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign minister Marise Payne issues mild statement, but opposition parties attack China\u2019s \u2018unacceptable\u2019 actions and \u2018paranoia\u2019NSW hotspots; 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