WHO chief called to testify before Senate about coronavirus cover-up

Published April 9, 2020 6:07pm ET



A senator responsible for overseeing U.S. relations with international organizations wants the head of the World Health Organization to testify about his amplification of China’s false statements regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

“The Chinese government’s systematic failure, a failure verified by our intelligence community, to accurately report the number of cases is damaging our epidemiological knowledge of COVID-19,” Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican, wrote to the WHO.

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