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“He conspired with the Italian Health Ministry to erase a report, “a new indictment adding to a long list of other accusations indicating the failure of” World Health “to deal with the crisis of the” Corona “outbreak throughout the world, a year ago.
In details, the British daily “The Guardian” revealed that the organization’s report, which the newspaper described as the “damn report”, was removed from its website, and was aimed at reducing the number of deaths in Italy, which was considered the first European country to be hit by the virus..
The deleted report was written by World Health Organization scientist Francesco Zampon, along with 10 other scientists, and its goal was to provide information on “Corona” to countries affected by the virus.
The Italian system is not ready
The 102-page report showed that Italy’s plan to deal with the epidemics has not been updated since 2006 and, due to the lack of preparedness of the health system, the initial response to the pandemic was “improvised and chaotic,” according to the description of the report..
According to the “Guardian”, the report was withdrawn at the request of the WHO Assistant Director-General for Strategic Initiatives, Ranieri Guerra, who previously held the position of Director-General for Preventive Health at the Italian Ministry of Health from 2014 to 2017..
The British newspaper also added that Guerra was responsible for updating the epidemic plan in accordance with new guidelines established by the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, and was also one of the scientists in the group. dedicated to fighting the ‘Crown’, which is affiliated with the Italian government. “
Immunity to testimony
The information indicated that Zampon was summoned on 3 occasions to speak with Italian prosecutors, but the World Health Organization prevented him, insisting that Zampon and the other ten participants in the report should enjoy immunity from testimony..
Nor was one of the authors of the report heard, except for Guerra, who testified before prosecutors at the beginning of last November, but the content of this testimony was not revealed..
Threatened with dismissal if he spoke!
In return, the international organization responded after issuing summoning orders for Zambon and the other ten, saying that the Italian plaintiffs must follow diplomatic channels by submitting their application through the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
While Zampon considered that Guerra had threatened him with dismissal from his job unless he modified parts of the report in which he referred to the outdated plan.
Inaccurate information
While the World Health Organization responded to the accusations and said that it had removed the report because “it contains inaccurate and contradictory information.“.
It is noteworthy that Corona’s injuries in Italy since the spread of the virus in the country had reached 1 million and 790 thousand cases, while the death toll reached 62 thousand..
The crisis of the “Crown” also caused a decrease in the already low birth rate in Italy, according to new forecasts from the Italian National Statistical Agency “Stat”.“.
Furthermore, the demographic recession that has hit Italy since 2015 has become enormous and may lead to a real and unprecedented collapse in Italian history.
Women and the youth group in particular have been hit hard by the virus, which first spread in Italy at the beginning of the year, prompting a national lockdown that disrupted the country’s economy..
The hospitality sector continues to suffer as a result of night curfews across the country and the early closure of bars and restaurants, while stricter restrictions have been imposed in the most vulnerable areas.
Source: Arab + Major General
