China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly, Says Pandemic Probe Panel China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly, Says Pandemic Probe Panel The panel found it was clear that public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health authorities in China in January.
Updated: January 18, 2021 9:14 pm IST
Covid-19 was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019 before it spread globally (File)
Geneva, Switzerland:
The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded.
In its second report, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that an evaluation of the chronology of the early phase of the outbreak suggests that there was potential for early signs to have been acted on more rapidly .
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Updated January 18, 2021
This picture taken on April 24, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva next to their headquarters, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded.
In its second report, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that an evaluation of the “chronology of the early phase of the outbreak suggests that there was potential for early signs to have been acted on more rapidly”.
The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded.
Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January with the spread of the coronavirus and the World Health Organization (WHO) took too long to declare an international emergency, an independent panel reviewing the global handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has said.