WHO Chief Pledges Investigation of Group’s Virus Response

In this Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday vowed to launch an independent investigation into how the group responded to what became the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I will initiate an independent evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.