Health Minister Hajdu Says Beijing Needs to Be Held to Account if it Misled the World on Pandemic

Minister of Health Patty Hajdu speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on April 3, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Health Minister Patty Hajdu says if China wasn’t honest about the pandemic in the early stages, it should be held accountable, marking a change from her previous comments on Beijing’s handling of the virus outbreak.

“If China wasn’t honest, then they need to be held to account,” Hajdu told CTV Question Period host Evan Solomon in a program airing today.