Canada Should Probe WHO’s Handling of Pandemic, Say Experts

Canada Should Probe WHO’s Handling of Pandemic, Say Experts
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he arrives for a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, on July 17, 2018. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool
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As the United States withholds funding to the World Health Organization, experts are suggesting Canada engage in a review of the U.N. agency’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak along with other member states, with one saying Ottawa should follow Washington’s lead.

J. Michael Cole, a Taipei-based senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa and the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, said there should be a thorough investigation to examine how the WHO handled the outbreak and its interactions with its member countries, particularly China.

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