<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#000000">The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of Covid-19 will finally be allowed access to China to work alongside a local team of scientists, the country’s health authority announced Monday as the mainland recorded its biggest increase in daily coronavirus cases since July, a grim figure largely brought about by a surge of cases in Hebei province, near Beijing.</span></span></p>