Global Covid report: China and WHO criticised for early mistakes; US urges more Wuhan access
by Helen Sullivan and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5D0CK)
Independent panel criticises WHO for not declaring emergency until 30 January and Biden and Trump camps clash over easing travel restrictions
An independent panel has said Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully a year ago to curb Covid-19, and criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for delays in declaring an international emergency, as the US called on China to allow WHO investigators to interview care workers, patients and lab workers in Wuhan.
The experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark and former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, called for reforms to the Geneva-based UN agency.
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