• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
Pope Writes ‘This May Be the Time’ for Universal Basic Wage in Letter

WHO Official Pushes Back on Criticism of Organization’s Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak

April 12, 2020
Kathy Griffin Doubles Down on Election Denial, Targets Elon Musk in Interview

Kathy Griffin Doubles Down on Election Denial, Targets Elon Musk in Interview

July 10, 2025
Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals

Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals

July 10, 2025
Trump Agriculture Dept Puts Kibosh On Biden’s Racial Preferences

Trump Agriculture Dept Puts Kibosh On Biden’s Racial Preferences

July 10, 2025
Trump State Dem’s War Chest Balloons As Republicans Vie To Topple Him

Trump State Dem’s War Chest Balloons As Republicans Vie To Topple Him

July 10, 2025
Trump Admin Ramps Up Fight Against ‘Flesh Eating Parasite’ Threatening US Cattle Industry

Trump Admin Ramps Up Fight Against ‘Flesh Eating Parasite’ Threatening US Cattle Industry

July 10, 2025
Washington Post Trots Out Literal Clown To Rip On Trump

Washington Post Trots Out Literal Clown To Rip On Trump

July 10, 2025
Son Of Billionaire Linked To Epstein On Verge Of Taking Top Job In Trump Admin

Son Of Billionaire Linked To Epstein On Verge Of Taking Top Job In Trump Admin

July 10, 2025
University Staffer Sabotaged Jewish Researcher’s Work To Make It Appear Fraudulent, Lawsuit Alleges

University Staffer Sabotaged Jewish Researcher’s Work To Make It Appear Fraudulent, Lawsuit Alleges

July 10, 2025
Bush-Appointed Judge Steps In To Subvert Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

Bush-Appointed Judge Steps In To Subvert Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

July 10, 2025
Turns Out Americans Really Don’t Care About Climate Change After All

Turns Out Americans Really Don’t Care About Climate Change After All

July 10, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Trump EPA Brings America Up To Speed On Attempts To Tinker With Sun

EXCLUSIVE: Trump EPA Brings America Up To Speed On Attempts To Tinker With Sun

July 10, 2025
‘Absolutely Trash’: Kristi Noem Turns Tables On CNN Over Reporting About Texas Flood Response

‘Absolutely Trash’: Kristi Noem Turns Tables On CNN Over Reporting About Texas Flood Response

July 10, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Thursday, July 10, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home IJR

WHO Official Pushes Back on Criticism of Organization’s Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak

by Bradley Cortright
April 12, 2020 at 6:39 pm
in IJR
237 15
0
Pope Writes ‘This May Be the Time’ for Universal Basic Wage in Letter
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing back against allegations that it failed to inform the world about the coronavirus accurately.

Several lawmakers and administration officials have accused the agency of failing to investigate the outbreak of the virus in China properly. They have typically pointed to a January 14 tweet from the WHO that said “preliminary investigations” found that human to human transmission of the virus was not possible.

Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China??. pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2020

Several reports have indicated that Chinese officials were aware that the virus could spread between humans as early as December 2019.

Additionally, there have been numerous reports detailing the Chinese government’s alleged attempts to hide or even destroy crucial details about the virus in the early days of the outbreak.

The WHO has been accused of acting as a puppet for the Chinese government, and of spreading Chinese propaganda. But, officials at the agency defended its response and argued it has limited authority to investigate beyond what Chinese officials tell them.

“We don’t have, in the World Health Organization, the power to go and inspect beyond what countries tell us,” WHO Special Envoy David Nabarro said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday.

He added, “That’s been made clear in the treaty that governments agreed in 2005 on how nations work together and how the WHO operates.”

Watch the video below:

EXCLUSIVE: WHO Special Envoy David Nabarro says China did "invite a team … to come and inspect everything in mid-February." #MTP @DavidNabarro: The WHO does not have "the power to go and inspect beyond what countries tell us." pic.twitter.com/RCwPKuBxKM

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 12, 2020

Nabarro continued to defend China, and the WHO’s response to the outbreak, “[China] did invite a team, pulled together by the World Health Organization, to come and inspect everything in mid-February.”

He also said that the Chinese government did not place “restrictions” on the team that was sent to inspect the situation.

Finally, he said that the WHO was able to get access to the information it requested. He added, “And so, therefore, I do not like, at any time, to say we don’t believe.”

“We believe what we’ve got. We work with what we’ve got. That’s how we operate in the World Health Organization,” he said.

On Sunday, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb argued that China was “not truthful with the world at the outset of this.”

He also said that the WHO should investigate “what China did or didn’t tell the world and how that stymied the global response to this.”

Tags: Coronavirus OutbreakWorld Health Organization
Share196Tweet123
Bradley Cortright

Bradley Cortright

IJR, Senior Writer He's written for Independent Journal Review since 2019.

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th