China: WHO ‘ignored warnings’ as Beijing ‘took great pains’ to influence COVID-19 response | World

The deadly virus , which has now taken the lives of more than one million across the globe, is thought to have originated from a seafood market in Wuhan, the capital of central Chinaࢀ™s Hubei province. On December 31, China first alerted the WHO to a potential outbreak after officials confirmed they were investigating 27 cases of “viral pneumonia” and dispatched a team of health experts to the region. But key information was initially withheld over the number of people infected and the risks were downplayed, leading some to claim the government was covering up the true extent of the…