Ryanair expects a record loss of close to 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in the year to March 31 before what Chief Executive Michael O’Leary says will be a “dramatic recovery” later in the year thanks to COVID-19 vaccination programmes.The Irish low-cost airline, Europe’s largest, forecast a loss between 850 million and 950 million euros in its current financial year - about five times larger than its previous record loss in 2009.
But O’Leary told an investor call that bookings would “snap back very strongly” once confidence grows in the rollout of vaccines across the European Union.
-I would be reasonably confident ... that we will see a return to relatively high-volume travel in that key July, August, September quarter- he said.
Traffic is likely to be 20-25% of pre-pandemic levels between April and June, rising to 50-70% between July and September, depending on the success of the European Union’s vaccine programme, O’Leary said, with winter traffic potentially at 75-100%.
-We are somewhat in the lap of the gods- he acknowledged, adding that the airline could carry between 80 million and 120 million passengers in the coming financial year, compared with the 150 million in the year before COVID-19.
Ryanair is widely seen as one of the best-placed airlines to weather the COVID-19 crisis thanks to its large cash balance and lack of long-haul and business-class flights.It said it had cash on hand of 3.5 billion euros at the end of December, compared with 4.5 billion euros at the end of September and O’Leary said he does not currently see any scenario in which it would need to raise more cash this year.
The airline will move very quickly to exploit opportunities created by the retrenchment of rivals, including in Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain, he said.
-I would be prepared to grow aggressively in the winter of 2021, even on lower air fares- he said.
COVID-19 restrictions slashed Ryanair passenger numbers by 78% in the last three months of 2020, pushing it to a third-quarter loss of 306 million euros, slightly better than the 300 million euro loss forecast in a company poll of analysts.
Ryanair said it expects its first delivery of Boeing’s 737 MAX in March, with at least 24 of the 210 it has on order arriving in time for its peak summer season. The 737 MAX was cleared to return to service late last year, having been grounded globally in March 2019 following deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Ryanair’s share price was down 0.3% at 14.25 euros by 1310 GMT, 16% below its pre-COVID peak of 16.90 euros on Jan. 10 last year.

The Irish low-cost airline, Europe’s largest, forecast a loss between 850 million and 950 million euros in its current financial year - about five times larger than its previous record loss in 2009.

Traffic is likely to be 20-25% of pre-pandemic levels between April and June

Ryanair predicts strong recovery after record annual loss

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China’s central region of Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019.The group of independent experts spent about 4-1/2 hours on its longest site visit since completing two weeks of quarantine on Thursday, and did not speak to waiting journalists.
The WHO, which has sought to manage expectations for the mission, has said its members would be limited to visits organised by their Chinese hosts and have no contact with community members, because of health curbs.
The group has so far also visited hospitals where early cases were detected, markets, and an exhibition on the battle with the outbreak in the provincial capital of Wuhan.
No full itinerary for the group’s field work has been announced, and journalists covering the tightly controlled visit have been kept at a distance from team members.

Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow with the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington, said two weeks in the field was not much time for the experts.

-I don’t think they have the time to get any conclusive results. It is more like communication and information exchange- Huang told Reuters by phone from Washington.
-It depends how diligent they are in digging new information but also about how cooperative and accommodating the Chinese side will be.-Beijing has sought to cast doubt on the notion that the coronavirus originated in China, pointing to imported frozen food as a conduit.
That hypothesis figured again on Sunday in the Global Times tabloid run by the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily.
On Sunday, the experts visited the Huanan seafood market linked to initial infections, and the Baishazhou wholesale food market, where a loudspeaker repeatedly announced that the sale of imported cold chain products was banned at the market.

The group of independent experts spent about 4-1/2 hours on its longest site visit since completing two weeks of quarantine on Thursday

The convoy carrying the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic arrives at the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in Wuhan, China February 1, 2021.

WHO team in China's Wuhan visits provincial CDC

The overall number of tourist arrivals in December 2020 in the Federation of B&amp;H was 24,833, which is 62.4 percent less than in December 2019, and compared to November 2020, it is more by 38.6 percent.

The share of domestic tourists in the total number of arrivals was 63.9 percent, and foreign tourists 36.1 percent.
The total number of overnight stays in December 2020 was 49,683, which is 58.9 percent less than in December 2019, and compared to November 2020, it was an increase of 34.8 percent.
The share of domestic tourists in the total number of overnight stays was 56.4 percent, with foreign tourists being 43.6 percent.
Most overnight stays were tourists from the United Arab Emirates (34.6 percent), Croatia (11.3 percent), Serbia (8.2 percent), Turkey (5.8 percent) and Montenegro (3, 4 percent) which is a total of 63.3 percent. Tourists from other countries accounted for 36.7 percent of overnight stays, stated the FB&amp;H Statistics.

The share of domestic tourists in the total number of arrivals was 63.9 percent, and foreign tourists 36.1 percent

This is s 62.4 percent less than in December 2019.

FB&H registers around 25 thousand tourists in December 2020

The first contingent of Russian vaccines for the entity of Republic of Srpska has arrived at the Sarajevo Airport and the customs clearance procedure is underway, confirmed for FENA Head of the Department for Communications and International Cooperation at the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ratko Kovačević.

Kovačević pointed out that the vaccines are in the refrigerator unit under the temperature regime and that the customs procedure is undergoing.
-In addition to all other documentation, it is necessary that there is a decision issued by the RS Ministry of Health, given that it is an emergency import. As soon as the documentation is completed, the customs procedure will be finalized and the vaccines will be able to enter the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina- said Kovačević.

He  pointed out that the vaccines are in the refrigerator unit under the temperature regime and that the customs procedure is undergoing

Kovačević: As soon as the documentation is completed, the customs procedure will be finalized and the vaccines will be able to enter the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kovačević: Russian vaccines intended for RS are in customs procedure

Davor Dragičević, the father of the fatally injured young man from Banja Luka David, who has been demanding that his son's killers be brought to justice for years, after the arrest of two people in the "Dženan Memić" case, told "Avaz" that he and Muriz Memić, the father of the fatally injured Dženan, since the first day they say that their sons were killed.

- Mr. Muriz Memić and I claim from the first day that our children were killed and that certain people are behind the murder of our children, that is certain structures, unfortunately some are from the political milieu. The evidence speaks its own language, as Mr. Ifet Feraget says, so it is unquestionable. The Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo and also the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka also took part in covering up the murders of our children. In addition, the cover-up of the murders has started and now it is obviously organized crime with the aim of protecting the people who took part in that murder - said Davor Dragičević.
He reiterated that he had all the evidence that it was a murder and added:

<h2>The judiciary must show strength</h2>

- As for my specific case, I note and claim, as on the first day, that the top of the Republic of Srpska institution, the Ministry of Interior of Republic of Srpska headed by Dragan Lukač and the RS Prosecutor's Office headed by Želimir Lepir and Dalibor Vrećo are behind the murder of my son. I think it is high time for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina to stand on its own two feet and show its strength and restore confidence. Because by resolving the cases of the murders of these two young guys, David and Dženan, only in that way can the judiciary in B&amp;H move forward, and also the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina - notes Dragićević.
He says that the failure to solve the murders of David and Dženan will lead to the absolute collapse of both judicial institutions and the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- And there will be no progress in the future, nor on the road to the European Union. It is finally time for the people of BiH to start living as they should and to stop the crime of corruption and nepotism and, of course, the murders of innocent children - says Davor Dragicević.

It is obvious that this is organized crime with the aim of protecting the people who participated in the murders, says Davor Dragicević, the father of the murdered David

Davor Dragičević: From day one, Muriz and I claim that our children were killed

The HDZ B&amp;H presidency discussed the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina at today’s session in Mostar, as well as report on the implementation of the recent Local Elections and political activities regarding the inter-party agreement on amendments to the B&amp;H Election Law signed in Mostar.

The HDZ B&amp;H presidency has found that the party, as well as the HNS coalitions, have achieved exceptional results in all areas throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite "manipulative attempts by the unconstitutional and illegal Central Election Commission (CEC) of B&amp;H to influence the real voting will and democratic rights in several key areas".
-Also, the CEC of B&amp;H tried unsuccessfully to divert attention from the organized criminal attempt of Bosniak parties and the central institution for holding the election process by officially ending the election process in Mostar. In only 15 (out of 150) polling stations, serious criminal offenses of serious election fraud were established, where some parties received hundreds of votes, and individuals on the list had over 1000 preferences, which does not happen in several remaining authoritarian and dictatorial countries in the world- announced HDZ B&amp;H.
The Presidency of the HDZ B&amp;H called on the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H to "react to all illegalities and criminal acts and legally sanction responsible individuals in the B&amp;H CEC who damage the reputation of a key institution for holding election processes.
-This composition of the B&amp;H CEC is deeply compromised from the very beginning it is legally illegal and it is not able to be a guarantor of democratic conditions of any electoral process in the future- HDZ pointed out.
The Presidency of HDZ B&amp;H also discussed all activities of the Agreement on Amendments to the Election Law of B&amp;H signed in Mostar with the SDA and international representatives.
-The radical narrative used by the representatives of the Bosniak parties about some kind of 'breaking the shackles' and so-called dictatorships of the 'minority over the majority' are gross violations of the B&amp;H Constitution and violation of national relations between the constituent peoples of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all activities that follow on its path to full EU membership. B&amp;H's election law is the key to the future and an imperative for all political options and there is no room to delay that kind of talks and final agreement that strengthens the sovereignty of European Bosnia and Herzegovina- it is said in the statement.
The Presidency of the HDZ B&amp;H agreed on a unified position that the migrant crisis is still the main security problem and that announcements about the conscious threat to the security of the wider area, which the B&amp;H Ministry of Security wants to implement through unilateral decisions, are inadmissible.

The presidency has found that the party, as well as the HNS coalitions, have achieved exceptional results in all areas throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Presidency of HDZ B&H also discussed all activities of the Agreement on Amendments to the Election Law of B&H signed in Mostar with the SDA and international representatives

HDZ B&H: The B&H election law is a political imperative

This morning, members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) conducted searches at two locations in the Sarajevo Canton due to obstruction of the investigation in the "Dženan Memić" case.

We find out that members of SIPA, on the order of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H, arrested two people for abusing their position and obstructing the investigation. According to unofficial information from "Avaz", Hasan Dupovac, former chief of the SC Ministry of the Interior for traffic investigations, was arrested.
Dupovac was the Head of the Traffic Investigation Department at the time Dženan Memić was killed, but also the person who took a statement from Alisa Mutap, Dženan Memić's ex-girlfriend, in the presence of her parents.

Unofficially, we were told from sources close to the investigation that Zijo Mutap, Alisa Mutap's father, was also arrested.
Alisa Mutap was with Dženan Memić on the night he suffered fatal injuries in Velika Aleja in Ilidža. His house in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Otes and in Butmir was also searched.
Both Dupovac and Mutap are already in SIPA under criminal investigation.
The acting state prosecutor in this case is Ćazim Hasanspahić.

The acting state prosecutor in this case is Ćazim Hasanspahić, on whose order they were arrested

Alisa Mutap's father and policeman Dupovac are arrested and under criminal investigation at SIPA

After SIPA members arrested Zijo Mutap, father of Alisa Mutap, and Hasan Dupovac, former chief of traffic investigations of the SC Ministry of the Interior, Arijana Memić, sister of the victim Dženan Memić, told "Avaz" that they learned about the arrest from the media. 
- We also unofficially found out through the media that it was the two of them. Our struggle has been going on for five years. It turns out that everything we have said so far is true and it is proof of that. We are really in shock, we hope that this is just the beginning, that this investigation will go further and that there will be more arrests - said Arijana Memić and added:
- We claim for five years that Dženan was killed, this is proof of that, just because they were arrested. We said it wasn't a car accident. We always say that Hasan Dupovac is involved in all this - said Arijana Memić.

We say all the time that Hasan Dupovac is involved in all of this, says Arijana Memić

Arijana Memić: Our struggle has been going on for five years

Arijana Memić: Our fight has been going on for five years, it turned out that everything we said was true

In the past 24 hours, 1,034 samples were registered with the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H, of which 75 were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

New cases have been registered in the Una-Sana, Central Bosnia, Herzegovina-Neretva, Tuzla and Sarajevo Canton.
A total of 400,836 samples have been tested so far, and SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in 78,760 individuals.
Currently, 10,661 cases are positive for SARS-CoV-2 in FB&amp;H.
In the past 24 hours, 15 deaths were reported to the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H.
In the last 24 hours in the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Srpska, the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska and in the Hospital Sv. Vračevi in ​​Bijeljina, 376 laboratory samples were tested, and coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed in 37 people.
In the last 24 hours, four deaths were reported to the Republic of Srpska Institute of Public Health, in which the presence of the coronavirus was confirmed.
So far, 40,323 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Republic of Srpska, and a total of 2,070 people who have been tested for coronavirus have died.
Today, a new case of coronavirus infection was registered in the Brčko District of B&amp;H, and only one person was tested. Three people recovered.

Currently, 10,661 cases are positive for SARS-CoV-2 in FB&H

In the past 24 hours, 15 deaths were reported to the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&H

B&H registers 113 new cases of coronavirus in last 24 hours, 19 persons died

A nine-year-old Black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released Sunday showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country's law enforcement.

Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said Sunday the girl -- who has not been named -- had been suffering from a serious mental health emergency, reportedly threatening to take her own life and that of her mother. 
Officers called to the scene on Friday responded by handcuffing her, before trying to force her into a car and pepper-spraying her when she resisted, body cam videos released by the city's police force showed. 
Footage of police violence against African-Americans, including the May killing of George Floyd, sparked a summer of protests across the US against racial injustice and police brutality last year. 
Rochester police on Saturday claimed they were "required" to use handcuffs and the irritant against the girl for her own safety.
Mayor Lovely Warren condemned their use of force against a child, pledging an internal review of the city's law enforcement practices.
-It is clear from the video that we need to do more supporting our children and families- she said at a press conference Sunday. 
-I have a 10-year-old child, so she's a child, she's a baby- she added. 
-This video, as a mother, is not anything you want to see. We have to understand compassion, empathy.-The incident is the second time in a year that Rochester has come under national scrutiny for police violence against African-Americans, following the killing last March of Daniel Prude, who died after police hooded and forced him face down on the road.
The death of Prude, who was also undergoing a mental health crisis at the time of his detention, prompted a grand jury probe and sparked mass protests.
Rochester city council members condemned the footage, accusing the police of excessive force in a situation where mental health professionals should have been involved. 
Local police chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan also acknowledged that the police had acted excessively.
-I'm not going to stand here and tell you that for a 9-year-old to have to be pepper-sprayed is OK- she said Sunday. "It's not."
But the local police union president defended the officers' actions, saying that "limited resources" had left them no choice but to use pepper-spray against the child. 
-This is not about lack of compassion or empathy- Mike Mazzeo said Sunday. -We're dealing with a very difficult situation.--It's not TV, it's not Hollywood. We don't just have a simple put someone in handcuffs and have them comply- he said.

Footage of police violence against African-Americans, including the May killing of George Floyd, sparked a summer of protests across the US against racial injustice and police brutality last year

After running from the home, the girl was chased by an officer, who caught up with her on nearby Harris Street

US police pepper-sprayed 9-year-old girl, footage shows

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned restaurant owners Monday that they risked losing Covid-19 financial aid if they open in defiance of the pandemic shutdown, following calls to protest and serve clients.

Angry owners say their livelihoods are at risk since the closures were ordered on October 30, with little prospect of a return to business as usual anytime soon.
Several chefs and thousands of people have already backed a call by Stephane Turillon, a chef in eastern France, for restaurants to open for protest meals on Monday.
-It's extremely hard for restaurants, economically and in terms of morale- Le Maire told RTL radio.
-But in no way does that justify not respecting the rules- he said.
On Saturday, police in Paris said they discovered 24 restaurants operating illicitly on Thursday and Friday, and warned they would step up controls.
The Parisien newspaper reported Monday that one restaurant shut down on Friday was serving judges who worked at the nearby appeals court on the Ile de la Cite, just opposite from the Paris police headquarters.
Le Maire said owners caught serving clients would see their Covid solidarity funds suspended for a month, "and if they do it again, they won't get any more at all".
Restaurants and other businesses that have been forced to close during the health crisis can receive up to 10,000 euros ($12,000) a month, or compensation equal to 20 percent of their revenues from 2019, capped at 200,000 per month.
But many owners say the money is not enough to make up for lost sales as they have to keep paying rent.
Last week, a restaurant owner in the Mediterranean city of Nice was detained for questioning after serving lunch to around 100 people.
Christophe Wilson's protest garnered a wave of support on social media, with the hashtag #LiberezChristophe (Free Christophe) trending on Twitter as messages expressed anger at his treatment and the dire financial straits of restaurants.
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal also warned Monday of "financial penalties" for the "very small minority of restaurants that decide to open".

Angry owners say their livelihoods are at risk since the closures were ordered on October 30, with little prospect of a return to business as usual anytime soon

French restaurants have been closed since October 30 to halt coronavirus contagions

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

Germany’s military will send medical staff and equipment to Portugal, where space in hospital intensive care units is running out after a surge in coronavirus infections, the defence ministry in Berlin said on Sunday.
Portugal, which said on Saturday that only seven of 850 ICU beds set up for COVID-19 cases on its mainland were vacant, had asked the German government for help.
-We will support Portugal with medical staff and equipment- a defence ministry spokesman told Reuters, adding that details were expected to be announced early this week.
Portugal, which has reported 12,179 COVID-19 deaths and 711,018 cases, has the world's highest seven-day rolling average of cases and deaths per capita, according to data tracker www.ourworldindata.org
German magazine Spiegel said the military planned to send 27 doctors and paramedics to Portugal who were initially supposed to remain there for three weeks, as well as stationary and mobile ventilators and field beds for patients.
Responding to that report, the defence ministry spokesman said he could not immediately provide any details.

Space in hospital intensive care units is running out after a surge in coronavirus infections

Medical personnel in ambulances with COVID-19 patients wait in the queue at Santa Maria hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal January 27, 2021.

German military to send medical staff and equipment to Portugal

Restaurant workers were among hundreds of people protesting against coronavirus lockdown measures on Sunday in Budapest, and at least 100 restaurants planned to re-open even as the government threatened them with heavy fines.&nbsp;Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has said it could only start easing the measures if the number of coronavirus cases falls sharply, or if large numbers of Hungarians are inoculated.
Hungary became first in the EU this week to sign a deal for Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine and Chinese Sinopharm’s vaccine. nL1N2K40FS
Current lockdown measures include a night curfew and closing secondary schools, and all restaurants and cafes, except for takeaway meals.
-We have had enough of the mass destruction of businesses- the organisers of the rally said on Facebook.
Hungary, with a population of around 10 million, had reported a total of 367,586 cases as of Sunday and 12,524 deaths. New infections have been dropping but over 3,500 people are still in hospital.
The protesters wore masks but defied rules that ban public gathering, so police started asking for documents on the scene.
Organisers said that well over 100 restaurants across Hungary had joined a campaign to reopen on Monday, even as the government sharply raised fines by decree on Saturday. Restaurants that receive guests now face fines of between 1 million forints to 5 million forints ($16,990), and could be forced to close for 6 months.
Orban said on state radio on Friday that “people could die if we do not bear with the restrictions for a few more weeks ... It is not a solution if people go out and violate the rules.”

With a population of around 10 million,they had reported a total of 367,586 cases as of Sunday and 12,524 deaths

People attend a demonstration against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures and their economic consequences at Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary, January 31, 2021.

Hungarians protest against lockdown measures despite gathering ban

After the press conference organized by Draško Stanivuković in Banja Luka, Igor Radojičić (SNSD), the former mayor, also reacted on his Facebook profile.
- The presentation of the report of the so-called Audit Team still shows a high degree of ignorance of the regulations and organization of the local government system - Radojičić wrote at the beginning.
He further stated that "there is no criminal responsibility" in the topics mentioned today.
- And if someone files a report, and it is still not clear why, I will prove it to be a lie. Then counter-reports for false reporting of a criminal offense are also possible. Dissatisfied tycoons also announced charges against me, so I stayed clean there as well. Let the institutions do their job, and I will prove in every situation that I worked legally and with the best intentions and the best development period of the City - Radojičić wrote.

It should be reminded that Stanivuković presented reports on, as he said, crime in the past period in the City Administration in Banja Luka today.
- Crime has been caught like a rabbit and cannot move. Criminal charges will be filed on Tuesday. This is just the beginning - said Stanivuković.

Today's press conference of the Mayor and his associates is a continuation of the political campaign, with many political views and very few rights, wrote Radojičić

Radojičić and Stanivuković: Former and current mayor

Igor Radojičić on Draško Stanivuković's reports: Continuation of the political campaign and ignorance of the system

Today, in the "Lipa" camp near Bihać, delegations of the Italian Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRS) and the Turkish Crescent, together with members of the USC Red Cross, distributed to the migrants, who are accommodated there, hot drinks, meals and blankets.

At around 3 PM, the measured temperature in Bihać was minus 1 degree, which means that it is even lower in "Lipa". Snow covered all meadows, as well as military tents recently set up by members of the B&amp;H Armed Forces, which house migrants.
Together, humanitarian organizations ensure that they are as comfortable and, above all, warm as possible.

At around 3 PM, the measured temperature in Bihać was minus 1 degree, which means that it is even lower in "Lipa"

Blankets and meals distributed to migrants

Migrants in "Lipa" received blankets and hot meals

A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday went to a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago, with one member tweeting the visit was "critical" to understanding the virus. 
Members of the group arrived at Huanan seafood market -- which has been sealed since January last year -- driving into its barricaded premises as guards quickly blocked others from entering, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
The mission, delayed by China and weighed down by political baggage, has a remit to explore how the virus jumped from animal to human.
But with the fieldwork element of the trip in its early stages, World Health Organization officials have already played down expectations of finding the source of a virus which has killed over two million people and devastated the global economy.
On Sunday, the WHO team visited Huanan market and another wholesale one, as part of a long-planned trip closely monitored by the Chinese authorities.
Team member Peter Daszak described the tours on Twitter as "very important site visits", adding that the team had "met with key staff at both markets and asked questions to help better understand the factors involved in the emergence of COVID".
Despite the fact that over a year has elapsed since the outbreak there, Daszak said speaking to staff and seeing the layout of the Huanan market was "very informative". 
The visits were "critical for our joint teams to understand the epidemiology of COVID as it started to spread at the end of 2019", he said in another tweet. 
The experts did not take questions, and a member of the team shrugged and rolled up the car window when asked about his expectations for the visit.
Security staff told reporters outside to leave and shook a tall ladder on which a photographer was sitting for a better view.
Later, in response to a shouted question on whether the experts were satisfied with access, a member of the mission gave a thumbs-up.

Earlier this week, state media outlet Global Times published a report downplaying the importance of Huanan as an early epicentre of the virus, claiming "subsequent investigations" have suggested the market was not the source of the outbreak.
On Sunday, the tabloid argued that "the possibility that the coronavirus was passed on from cold-chain products into Wuhan, or more specifically, to the Huanan wet market... cannot be ruled out".
Chinese officials identified wild animals sold in the market as a likely source of the outbreak in initial stages of the pandemic, clamping down on the exotic animal trade in response.
A price list issued by a merchant at the emporium, which circulated online, showed an array of exotic wildlife available including civets, snakes and even live wolf pups.
But, more recently, state media have thrown support behind suggestions that the virus may have originated elsewhere, with a resurgence of local infections blamed instead on imports.
Chinese authorities have relentlessly pushed a positive narrative of heroism and decisive action in their fight against the coronavirus that has spurred an economic recovery and kept deaths down to 4,636.
On Saturday, the WHO experts' itinerary included a propaganda exhibition in Wuhan lauding the emergency response of the city's health authorities in the outbreak and the marshalling of the crisis by China's leader Xi Jinping.
China has faced criticism at home and abroad for playing down the initial outbreak and concealing information when it first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019.
Details of the WHO team's itinerary have remained thin, with international media kept firmly at arm's length -- the only glimpses of the trip have come through broadly positive tweets by some members of the expert team.
China continues to take a firm line against a recent surge in infections, with 12 officials in northeastern Harbin city recently punished for dereliction of duty after a cluster of cases in a food processing company.

The mission, delayed by China and weighed down by political baggage, has a remit to explore how the virus jumped from animal to human

Members of a WHO team investigating the origins of Covid-19 arrived at the closed Huanan Seafood wholesale market in Wuhan on Sunday

Ryanair predicts strong recovery after record annual loss

WHO team in China's Wuhan visits provincial CDC

FB&H registers around 25 thousand tourists in December 2020

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Davor Dragičević: From day one, Muriz and I claim that our children were killed

HDZ B&H: The B&H election law is a political imperative

Alisa Mutap's father and policeman Dupovac are arrested and under criminal investigation at SIPA

Arijana Memić: Our fight has been going on for five years, it turned out that everything we said was true

B&H registers 113 new cases of coronavirus in last 24 hours, 19 persons died

US police pepper-sprayed 9-year-old girl, footage shows

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

German military to send medical staff and equipment to Portugal

Hungarians protest against lockdown measures despite gathering ban

Igor Radojičić on Draško Stanivuković's reports: Continuation of the political campaign and ignorance of the system

Migrants in "Lipa" received blankets and hot meals

WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak

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Ryanair predicts strong recovery after record annual loss

WHO team in China's Wuhan visits provincial CDC

FB&H registers around 25 thousand tourists in December 2020

Kovačević: Russian vaccines intended for RS are in customs procedure

Davor Dragičević: From day one, Muriz and I claim that our children were killed

HDZ B&H: The B&H election law is a political imperative

Alisa Mutap's father and policeman Dupovac are arrested and under criminal investigation at SIPA

Arijana Memić: Our fight has been going on for five years, it turned out that everything we said was true

B&H registers 113 new cases of coronavirus in last 24 hours, 19 persons died

US police pepper-sprayed 9-year-old girl, footage shows

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

German military to send medical staff and equipment to Portugal

Hungarians protest against lockdown measures despite gathering ban

Igor Radojičić on Draško Stanivuković's reports: Continuation of the political campaign and ignorance of the system

Migrants in "Lipa" received blankets and hot meals

WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak