Lots of confusion and controversy are there about the initial role of WHO.
Dec 31: China alerts WHO to several pneumonia cases. Total of 27 suspected cases.
Jan 23: Wuhan place under effective quarantine, air & rail suspended. 8 deaths reported & 17 died before 23rd Jan. Infected more than 600 people.
March 11: Infected more than 118000 people & died more than 4200 globally (114 countries). Outside China, more than 10,000 cases and died more than 600 only in Italy. WHO declares pandemic. Europe the center of panic at this time. China is almost free from corona fear.
Source: WHO & CNN
COVID-19 started its journey from Wuhan, China since the end of the last year but WHO took almost 4 months to declare it as a pandemic. Outside China we have seen lack of seriousness in preparedness to manage the emergency crisis. Many health experts are questioning about the initial role of WHO and they actually blame WHO for the initial mismanagement. USA has decided to come out from WHO and it's a big blow for global fight against COVID-19.
https://dailybrief.oxan.com/Analysis/DB251288/The-WHOs-COVID-19-pandemic-declaration-may-be-late
https://dailybrief.oxan.com/Analysis/DB251288/The-WHOs-COVID-19-pandemic-declaration-may-be-late
It could have been notified as a developing pandemic in December 19 itself and the international travel should have been stopped with immediate effect, With Prevention Protocol of Hand Wash, Mask and Sanitisation Enforcement!
Absolubtly. WHO was and is the secondary negative protagonist of the pandemia.
Think so dear Macarena Larrea and confusion, controversy everywhere.