'Do not rely on US intel', WHO expert tweets

A World Health Organization expert sent to China to probe the coronavirus hit out at US intelligence after the organization's team wrapped up their trip to Central China's Wuhan on Tuesday.

The WHO team's month-long field study in Wuhan concluded that it is "extremely unlikely" the novel coronavirus spread to humans through a laboratory leak, among other findings.

The 17-member international team, led by Peter Ben Embarek, also said future studies into the origin of the virus will head "wherever indicated" and not be "geographically bound".

WHO team member Peter Daszak tweeted: "Please don't rely too much on US intel: increasingly disengaged under Trump & frankly wrong on many aspects."