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The WHO should have declared the new coronavirus outbreak in China an international emergency earlier than Jan. 30, 2020, but the next month was lost as countries failed to take strong measures to halt spread of the respiratory pathogen, it said.
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Instead of preparing their hospitals for COVID-19 patients, many countries engaged in a winner takes all scramble for protective equipment and medicines, the report said.
A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks, which could ensure that no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel said on Wednesday.
Covid-19: How can we stop the next pandemic? Here s what a WHO panel recommends
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(Reuters file) Governments failed to grasp that the emergency declaration was WHO s loudest possible alarm
A new transparent global system should be set up for probing disease outbreaks, empowering the World Health Organization to deploy investigators at short-notice and reveal findings, a COVID-19 pandemic review panel said on Wednesday.
The WHO should have declared the new coronavirus outbreak in China an international emergency earlier than January 30, 2020, but the next month was lost as countries failed to take strong measures to halt spread of the respiratory pathogen, it said.
WHO should have declared Covid-19 an emergency much before, lost a month due to it: Panel report
WHO should have declared Covid-19 an emergency much before, lost a month due to it: Panel report
The World Health Organisation (WHO) should have declared the new Covid-19 outbreak in China an international emergency earlier than January 30, 2020.
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A new transparent global system should be set up for probing disease outbreaks, empowering the World Health Organization to deploy investigators at short-notice and reveal findings, a Covid-19 pandemic review panel said on Wednesday.
Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press May 12, 2021 5:09am Text size Copy shortlink:
GENEVA A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted guaranteed rights of access in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks, a contentious idea that would give