Chinese President Xi announces $2B for coronavirus response as WHO faces calls for investigation.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has come under fire for the health body's handling of the pandemic.Azar added that the"WHO must change and must become more transparent. We need a more effective WHO right now." Without naming China directly, he said that there had been"an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak by at least one member state.
At the assembly, 116 countries so far have backed a draft resolution that's set to call for an"an impartial, independent and comprehensive" evaluation of the WHO during this pandemic. It also seeks to identify the origin of the virus.Xi said the WHO should lead this"global review" of the pandemic response — but only after the virus"is brought under control," which could take years.
"To be truly comprehensive, such an evaluation must encompass the entirety of the response by all actors, in good faith," he said.
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