Documentation of talks between senior officials and authorities in China reveals how Beijing prevented essential information from the agency during the Corona's critical eruption days
Chinese soldiers alongside President Xi Jinping's portrait // Photo: IP
The International Health Organization found it difficult to obtain reliable information from the Chinese government during the first days of the outbreak of the Corona virus, according to recordings of internal meetings between senior members of the organization, who praised China's conduct, and government officials in China.
The recordings, obtained by the Associated Press, reveal that during professional meetings in early January, China refused to disclose critical information and transmitted partial data to the organization and provided enough information at the end of the month to determine that it was an emergency.
"We have to make do with very limited information," said Maria Van cornice, chairman of the technical staff of the World Health Organization colleague recordings. "It's not enough to design an appropriate action plan," the senior reception.
"The situation now is that they give us fifteen minutes before the information That he is appearing on Chinese state television, "said Gaudan Galla, chairman of the World Health Organization in China, during the closed-door conversation.
The exposure comes in the midst of a wave of criticism of the Chinese government and the World Health Organization regarding their conduct during the outbreak of the plague in China. According to the allegations, the World Health Organization has repeatedly praised Chinese cooperation and refused for a long time to declare a global epidemic, so as not to impair Beijing's prestige.
The organization's offices in China did not respond directly to what was published in the recordings and were satisfied with a general response: "Senior executives and staff work days and nights in accordance with the organization's guidelines and laws, with a view to sharing information between all its members in a transparent and equitable way."