The head of a World Health Organization-led international team investigating the novel coronavirus outbreak will leave for China on Monday or Tuesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Saturday, Tedros said the rest of the experts will join the team head later in China, where they will conduct research regarding the novel coronavirus and the epidemic. 

Tedros also addressed the importance of public access to accurate information to related matters, warning misinformation pushed by trolls and conspiracy theorists would only undermine outbreak response.