WHO leader refuses to be invested until “several conditions” are met

The leader of the World Health Organisation will not allow an investigation into his handling of the coronavirus to begin until “several conditions” of the pandemic have been met. WHO General Manager Tedros Adhanom said his organisation “calls for accountability more than anyone” but warned it was not the time to start an inquiry into his actions. “There should be a review to understand everything, to learn lessons and address if there have been problems,” he said. “This is not new it has been done after Ebola and it has been done after SARS and it has been done after major outbreaks so this is in WHO’s DNA. “We would do this at the earliest possible time and this means when all the conditions are met so we will consider several conditions but we want to do it at the earliest possible time.” Mr Adhanom has been accused of being a “puppet of China” by US President Donald Trump who wrote an explosive five-page letter alleging the WHO’s failures had resulted in thousands of deaths. The World Health Assembly voted to proceed with an inquiry into the handling of the crisis which was first raised by Australian leaders. Mr Adhanom has not provided clarity around what the conditions are he requires to be met before the review will start.

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