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China stated on Friday that supports the creation, “after the pandemic subsides”, of a commission led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess “the global response” to the new coronavirus.
These statements occur after strong international pressure, especially from the United States and Australia, in favor of an investigation into the appearance of the pathogen in China.
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This review should be done in an “open, transparent and inclusive” way Under the auspices of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “at the right time when the epidemic subsides,” Hua Chunying, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, told a news conference.
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The spokesperson specified that the initiative will have to be validated by the WHO World Health Assembly or its executive council, the two main organs of the institution, based in Geneva.
He also emphasized an important point: this is not an investigation directed specifically at China, but rather an evaluation of all the countries in the world.
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According to China, the study on the response to the coronavirus would have to be supervised by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO.
The United States and Australia called for an international investigation in
China on the origin of the virus. Beijing rejected these requests and denounced a “politicization” of the health crisis. However, Hua Chunying He did not specify whether this eventual evaluation should also study the origin of the virus.
The revision should seek “a balance of experience and gaps in international reaction in the face of the epidemic, and make suggestions on ways to strengthen WHO’s work, develop the health infrastructures of the States and improve the global response capacity to infectious diseases, “he explained.
China, the first country to report cases of covid-19 after the outbreak in Wuhan City (central), said it favored an investigation into the origin of the virus.
The new coronavirus would not necessarily have to come from China, as patient zero has not yet been found and may have come from outside.
However, Beijing noted that the new coronavirus would not have to “necessarily” come from China, because patient zero has not yet been found and this could have come from outside.
A head of pandemic management at WHO, Maria van Kerkhove, said the organization was discussing with Beijing about sending a mission to China to study the animal origin of the virus.
The American administration criticized the Chinese government for its alleged lack of transparency He said the virus could have come out of a Wuhan lab, statements that Chinese public television called “crazy.”
Several countries, such as France, Germany or the United Kingdom, have also called on the Chinese government to show more transparency in its management of the epidemic in recent weeks.
AFP
