World Health Assembly draft resolution by 62 countries to 'evaluate' WHO & China accessed

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan will represent India at World Health Assembly organised by World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, May 18. India has joined a group of 62 nations part of a draft resolution calling for a probe into origin of Coronavirus pandemic - specifically, an evaluation of WHO's response and its timelines, which are impossible to separate from China, which has come under unprecedented scrutiny following global pandemic originating from its shores.

WHO meeting will be held on Monday at 3.30 PM which will be attended by all 194 WHO member nations.  key focus of  two day Assembly will be coronavirus pandemic that has claimed lives of over 4 lakh people with approximately 4.6 million infected thus far.

During meeting WHO will also discuss a slew of concerns regarding dely disease. organisation has also called for unity and solidarity at all levels to contain, control and mitigate COVID-19 pandemic.  nda of meeting has been limited to two days and will conclude on May 19. 

Here is draft resolution:

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What is WHA 2020?

WHA is World Health Organization (WHO)’s plenary body whose member states approve organization’s budget, fill vacancies in its executive board, and vote on nda items. two-day meeting will dress a resolution proposed by EU to jointly develop affordable diagstics, medicines, and vaccines for Covid-19. Assembly is also set to vote on wher Taiwan should be invited to join as a WHO member amid its excellent COVID-19 response, in spite of China's strong opposition as it claims Taiwan as its territory- under one-China policy.

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Coronavirus crisis

First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, COVID-19- vel coronavirus has affected nearly 160 countries in world. As re is vaccine or specific antiviral medicine to deal to treat COVID-19, countries have been grappling with all possible mechanisms to contain its scope. So far, China, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Iran, US, France, UK, India have witnessed most number of confirmed cases.  With US as 'epicentre', Coronavirus has 4,745,453 cases globally with 313,747 deaths.

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