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Wednesday May 13, 2020 17:00 PM (GMT + 7)
The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) believes that China has pressured the World Health Organization (WHO) to slowly issue a global emergency declaration of the Covid-19 epidemic, according to the revelations. in the American newspaper.
WHO Director-General Tedros (left) met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 28.
The information was first published by Newsweek based on a CIA document called: “UN-China: WHO Conscious but Not Bound to China” (roughly translated: United Nations-China: WHO cares but doesn’t care matters). According to China) Two unidentified US intelligence officials confirmed the contents of the Newsweek document.
According to the CIA document, China pushed for it to stop cooperating in the investigation of the new strain of the Corona virus with the WHO if the organization declared the epidemic caused by the virus as a global emergency.
This is the second time that a Western intelligence agency has leaned toward the possibility that China will have an impact that causes the WHO to underestimate and delay the publication of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Previously, the German newspaper Der Spiegel published similar information, citing a German intelligence agency (BND), saying that the Chinese leadership pressured WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a phone call on January 21. .
The WHO has confirmed that Tedros did not have a phone call with Xi on January 21, but only a face-to-face meeting on January 28 in Beijing.
Two days later, the WHO declared a global emergency due to the Covid-19 epidemic. In this case, the WHO said China should not be blamed, and praised the way China dealt with the disease at an early stage.
Regarding the content that Newsweek published, the WHO representative said: “We do not comment on specific exchanges between WHO and its member countries, but we guarantee that during a pandemic, WHO will act promptly. , based on good evidence to protect people everywhere. “
“The WHO recommendations are based on science, health, evidence and data, the advice of independent experts,” the WHO said.
The WHO declined to answer questions about whether China had an impact to delay the global alert on Covid-19.
United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have often made statements in recent weeks about China’s ability to hide the severity of the Covid-19 epidemic. Trump confirmed that he would publish the investigative report on the origin of Covid-19, but did not give a specific timeline.
The US Secretary of State. The US, Mike Pompeo, said “there is great evidence” that nCoV comes from the Chinese laboratory, but has so far not provided specific information.
Source: http: //danviet.vn/tai-lieu-cua-cia-nhan-dinh-ve-quan-he-trung-quoc-who-trong-dich-covid-19-50202 …
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