Pandemic Review Panel Says China And The, WHO Acted Too Slowly On Covid-19

A investigation into the WHO's pandemic response found the UN health body's failings could largely be attributed to the weak position of the agency. Pictured: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation, speaking on Monday 

Daily Mail: The WHO was too slow to react to the Covid-19 pandemic and is a powerless body unable to 'enforce anything', independent panel finds 

 * Report is from Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response 

 * The UN body's failing could be attributed to the weak position, the report said 

 * While the WHO's response was slow, this was due to lack of funding, report said 

 * The panel also said yesterday China 'could have acted more quickly' in dealing with Covid-19, adding a 'largely hidden epidemic' helped cause global spread 

 * It said there was 'potential for early signs to have been acted on more rapidly' 

 * The WHO has been accused by Donald Trump of being biased towards China 

The World Health Organization was too slow to react to the Covid-19 pandemic and is a powerless body unable to 'enforce anything', an independent panel has found. 

An investigation into the WHO's pandemic response found the UN health body's failings could largely be attributed to the weak position of the agency, with the probe's report saying more funding and reforms were desperately needed. 

The heads of the WHO-backed Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response presented the findings to the WHO's executive board on Tuesday. 

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Update #1: Pandemic review panel criticises China, WHO for acting too slowly on Covid-19 -- France 24 

Update #2: Panel finds world not prepared for COVID-19; China, WHO acted too slowly -- UPI

WNU Editor: China has already responded to this report .... China defends early actions on Covid-19 outbreak after panel report (France 24).

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