Health ministers likely to question WHO’s response to Covid-19

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a virtual press conference. Picture: CHRISTOPHER BLACK / AFP

The call will be made in a resolution being presented by the EU at the Geneva-based WHO’s annual two-day meeting, which started on Monday morning “It looks like the resolution will be adopted. Politically speaking, there is agreement for now on an evaluation of the whole system and an investigation into the origin , but not immediately,” a European diplomat told Reuters.The EU resolution is supported by a host of countries including Australia — a vocal critic of WHO and of China — as well as Britain, Canada, India, Japan and Russia.

US ambassador Andrew Bremberg said in a brief statement: “My hope is that we will be able to join consensus.”

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