18∼19일 WHO 총회...'코로나19 발원지 조사' 등 놓고 미중 격돌<br /><br />The World Health Organization's annual oversight convention will be held online starting Monday,... as the world continues to the fight the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Lee Seung-jae has the full story.<br />Every year,... the World Health Assembly brings together representatives from the WHO's 194 member states in Geneva to discuss a wide range of health topics.<br />However,... due to the COVID-19 pandemic,.. which has now infected over 4-point-7 million people and killed more than 300-thousand worldwide,... the meeting will be held via teleconference for the first time.<br />While the meeting will focus mostly on the COVID-19 pandemic,... there's another major issue at hand.<br />"China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. China could have spared the world descent into global economic malaise. They had a choice, but instead, China covered up the outbreak in Wuhan, its National Health Commission ordered virus samples destroyed on January 3rd."<br />Number of member states,... including the United States, Australia, Canada, France and Germany are set to question China's response to the COVID-19 pandemic,... and probe Beijing about where it actually originated from.<br />Many have accused China of concealing the facts and numbers,... leading to the massive global outbreak.<br />They are also set to grill WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus over allegations he sided with China during the early stages of the pandemic.<br />Beijing has continuously denied the claims,... saying it's too early to draw a conclusion on the source of the virus.<br />The Chinese government insists it's an issue for scientists to resolve,... not politicians.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
