Official: Data of some COVID-19 cases can't be copied due to privacy

China cannot let the international experts copy the original data of some COVID-19 cases and take it out of the country due to the privacy of patients and Chinese law, Liang Wannian, leader of the Chinese side of the WHO-China joint expert team said in an interview with Global Times published on Wednesday.

Liang made the comments in response to some countries' accusations that the expert team faced many restrictions during the studies in Wuhan and was unable to access some raw data or the people they wanted to meet.

The Chinese side of the joint team showed the World Health Organization (WHO) experts the raw data that requires special attention one by one, such as the early case database and epidemiological survey forms of field use, Liang said.

The interview came as the WHO is expected to publish the report on the WHO-China Joint Mission's studies in Wuhan.