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Expert panel criticises China and WHO over initial COVID-19 response January 20th, 2021 International An independent panel has found that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until 30 January. Reuters Health reports that the experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, called for reforms to the Geneva- based UN agency. Their interim report was published hours after the...
