The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the Begining and had hidden nothing from USA about the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there have been no secrets at the United Nations agency after being blasted by the US for allegedly downplaying the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China.
“We are warning from day one that this is often a devil that everybody should fight,” Tedros told a virtual briefing in Geneva.
The virus, which emerged late last year within the Chinese city of Wuhan, has thus far infected quite 2.4 million people globally and killed quite 165,000, consistent with an AFP tally.
The US has by far the highest death toll of any country, at more than 40,000 fatalities, and President Donald Trump has faced criticism over his handling of the pandemic.
Washington is one of the biggest contributor to the WHO but Trump is freezing funding, alleging that the organization mismanaged and covered up the spread the virus.
