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WHO, China showed rather slow response at onset of pandemic - Independent Panel

Geneva, Jan 19 (Sputnik) The World Health Organization (WHO) and China were too slow in their reaction to the emerging coronavirus pandemic, the Geneva-based Independent Panel for Pandemic Readiness and Response said on Tuesday.
The panel was created by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in July to evaluate the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The body is cochaired by ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Earlier in the day, the cochairs presented the panel’s second report to the WHO Executive Board. The two noted that the report showed the WHO at times was too slow in its reaction.
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