WHO wins dismissal of lawsuit in New York over pandemic response

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A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit by residents of a suburban New York City county who accused the World Health Organization of gross negligence ...

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A woman wearing a protective face mask sits, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues, with luggage at the Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak train station in New Rochelle, New York, on Nov 20, 2020. NEW YORK: A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit by residents of a suburban New York City county who accused the World Health Organization of gross negligence in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

But the judge said the WHO's pandemic response involved policy judgments within its discretion, and rejected arguments that its alleged negligence voided its immunity. The plaintiffs also argued the pandemic"likely could have been prevented" had the WHO not been"complicit in the spread and normalisation" of Chinese government"propaganda" after early COVID-19 cases were found in the Chinese city of Wuhan.Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The WHO's lawyers did not immediately respond to similar requests. China was not a defendant.

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