US scuppers G20 coronavirus statement on strengthening WHO
Exclusive: objections leave health ministers unable to agree joint communique on cooperation
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US hostility to the World Health Organization scuppered the publication of a communique by G20 health ministers on Sunday that committed to strengthening the WHO’s mandate in coordinating a response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
In place of a lengthy statement with paragraphs of detail, the leaders instead issued a brief statement saying that gaps existed in the way the world handled pandemics.
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