WHO denies ignoring Taiwan Covid-19 warning
WHO says there was no mention of human-to-human transmission in Taiwan's email. – AFP pic, April 10, 2020.
THE World Health Organisation today denied having brushed off a Taiwanese warning on human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus soon after its outbreak in China late last year. The US has accused the body of “putting politics first” by ignoring Taiwan’s warning in late December, and thus helping Beijing conceal the pandemic’s gravity.
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