EU: WHO should have more power to investigate outbreaks
Source: AP
LONDON (AP) — European countries are calling for the World Health Organization to be given greater powers to independently investigate outbreaks and compel countries to provide more data, after the devastating coronavirus pandemic highlighted the agency's numerous shortcomings.
After a meeting between European Union ministers to discuss how the U.N. health agency should be strengthened, German health minister Jens Spahn said Friday the WHO should receive more political support and financial backing for its international efforts to manage acute health crises.
“The WHO can’t be on its own and carry the weight of this pandemic alone,” he said at a press briefing.
Stella Kyriakides, the EU Health Commissioner, noted that EU institutions provided $100 million to WHO last year.
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Unfortunately President "Shit for Brains" pulled us out of the WHO.
