World powers criticise China after WHO report on Covid-19

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A handout illustration image obtained February 3, 2020, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. PHOTO | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | ALISSA ECKERT | HANDOUT | AFP

World powers are criticising China for ‘withholding’ information on initial cases of Covid-19, in what could weaken the credibility of a joint report Beijing prepared with the World Health Organization.

In a joint statement, the US, Canada, South Korea, UK and other several countries accused Beijing of having “undue influence” on a team of experts tasked with studying the pandemic’s origins.