EU calls for independent inquiry into WHO's response to coronavirus outbreak

While role of World Health Organisation during  coronavirus outbreak has been facing international scrutiny, European Union along with or countries have called for an independent inquiry into United Nation health ncy’s response. According to international media reports, EU said on May 18 that evaluation of WHO’s proceedings during global health crisis is “to review experience gained and lessons learned”. coronavirus outbreak which originated in China has w spre to over 213 countries and has infected more than 4.8 million people worldwide. 

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resolution calling for an independent investigation into WHO’s response has been supported by more than 50 per cent of its member countries. It would also be one of discussions that UN body members would indulge in virtual meeting scheduled this week. Reportedly, intention of proposal is to initiate a “stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation” of WHO’s contribution in a bid to regulate global response for pandemic including international health law and its actions within health system of UN. 

countries have started rounding up on WHO since United States accused organisation of being “China-centric” and halted its funding. While US has straightforwardly called WHO’s role during pandemic as ‘t eugh’, or European and Western countries have been rooting for an independent probe including Australia who was also garing international support to push for an inquiry into origins of coronavirus outbreak.

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Investigation to begin ‘at earliest’

Since some of countries across world have successfully contained first wave of infections such as New Zealand and Iceland, EU has said that investigation shall be initiated “at earliest appropriate moment”. Brussels-led proposal is willing to examine many aspects of health crisis including “ actions of WHO and ir timelines pertaining to COVID-19 pandemic”. 

While origin of vel coronavirus has fueled a political spat between US and China, WHO has stressed on finding source of SARS-CoV-2. WHO's director of infectious hazard manment Sylvie Briand has told an international news ncy that it remains critical to understand where virus came from in a bid to ‘understand how it apted’. virus has ‘inved human species’ since it was first discovered and killed 318,763 people globally.

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(With AP inputs)

Im Source: AP