The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse
The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse
Disease
China

As death toll passes 300,000, US-China discord hampers search for Covid-19’s origin

  • The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to contain infectious diseases
  • But this time is different – the toxic relationship between Beijing and Washington is getting in the way

Topic |   Disease
Simone McCarthyLinda Lew
Simone McCarthy and Linda Lew

Updated: 11:17pm, 16 May, 2020

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The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse
The WHO has been in the thick of previous outbreaks to help contain infectious disease. But this time is different. Illustration: Perry Tse
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