A group of international experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), tasked with investigating the causes of the COVID-19 pandemic, will arrive in China on January 14, Chinese authorities said.

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the news. 

"We welcome #China's announcement regarding the intl. team examining the origins of virus that causes #COVID19. We look forward to working closely with our counterparts on this critical mission to identify the virus source & its route of introduction to the human population," he tweeted.