(CNN) — The World Health Organization has finalized its report on the origins of the novel coronavirus, Peter Ben Embarek, the head of the organization’s Covid-19 origin investigation, said at a WHO media briefing Friday.
He called it a “painful process” to edit and translate the 400-page report, but that the content of the report is now complete. Embarek said he expects the report to be released to the public within the next few days.
More on the investigation: Investigators from WHO have been looking into the origins of the virus in China and discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought.
Embarek told CNN in a wide-ranging interview in February that the mission had found several signs of the more wide-ranging 2019 spread, including establishing for the first time there were over a dozen strains of the virus in Wuhan already in December.
Investigators also visited a lab in Wuhan that has been the focus of conspiracies and speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
Embarek said WHO’s draft of the report is now finalized, and it is undergoing final checks with experts familiar with the content.
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