At this year`s World Health Assembly, global health minister called for an independent survey of WHO responses to the new coronavirus pandemic. Diplomats say China and the U.S. are also involved in the request, despite a different stance on the work of WHO.
This year`s World Health Assembly, changed to an online meeting
Diplomats said that, after more than a week of negotiations, a & quot; fragile & quot; compromise was reached on the EU resolution to be presented at a two-day video conference.
Also, the draft resolution calls on States to have rapid and equitable access to safe and effective diagnostics, medicines and vaccine. against the new coronavirus. To date, more than 300,000 people worldwide have died as a result of new coronavirus infections.
An EU diplomat expressed confidence to Reuters that the draft resolution would be adopted. He noted that, at present, there was a consensus, if not immediate, on reviewing the entire system and investigating the source of the virus. The EU draft resolution has received support from many countries, including Australia, which has been sharply criticized by WHO and China, as well as the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Japan and Russia. The draft showed that 116 out of a total of 194 Member States had expressed support. The resolution urges WHO Director-General Tantesse to initiate an quot; objective, independent and comprehensive review of health measures in the international fight against the epidemic coordinated by the organization & quot;.
The Secretary-General and China also supported the investigation, but said the time had not come
China Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it was too early to initiate an investigation into the origin and spread of the virus.
The Secretary-General of the Common Country, Guterres, stressed the need to investigate the source of the pandemic.
In a video broadcast Monday on the opening day of the annual WHO meeting, Secretary-General Guterres stressed the need to investigate the source of the virus, why it caused such a disaster and spread it so quickly around the world. But he says ,& quot; is not the right moment & quot;.. Now, he says, the world should work together to stop the virus. quot; either we get out of the plague or we fail & quot;., he said
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