WHO mission to China advances

This week, a team of scientists with the World Health Organization are traveling to China. They’ll be investigating SARS-CoV-2, a virus that was new to everyone just over a year ago. The mission has been mired in politics, but scientists hope to gain important new details about the disease and its spread. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Elana Gordon about the journey.

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