China supports WHO probe when Covid-19 under control

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country supports a ‘comprehensive review’ of the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic led by the WHO when it’s over and will provide $2 billion over two years to help fight the outbreak during a video speech to the World Health Assembly.

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(Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link at the opening of the World Health Assembly virtual meeting from the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Credit: WHO/AFP via Getty Images)