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.
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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