WHO alters timeline to indicate it first learned of coronavirus

The reputation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its relations with the Chinese Government in the early days of the pandemic have once again been questioned after reports that the U.N.-sponsored public health agency tacitly updated its coronavirus timetable to disclose that it had first learnt of a fresh epidemic of the virus from the Web, not Beijing authorities, because it had previously been insipid.

According to several sources, updates were made to the WHO website on June 29, adding fuel to the fire that the Chinese government had previously reported to contain the latest virus, officially known as COVID-19, and that the WHO enabled them to do so.

The updated text proceeds to establish that on Dec. 31, 2019, ‘WHO’s Country Office in the People’s Republic of China picked up a media release from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission’s website on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China,’ but adds that ‘WHO’s open-source information portal also picked up a Chinese-language news article from Finance Sina, the People’s Republic of China.

The WHO has recently confirmed the first awareness of coronavirus as a consequence of an warning provided by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, AFP noted. However, the date shift also makes it obvious that the first notice originated from the Beijing WHO Office rather than from the Beijing authorities.

Both the WHO and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) vehemently insisted that there was no cover-up or collusion, despite the U.S. government ‘s investigation that led President Trump to announce at the end of May that the U.S. taxpayer would no longer fund the organization for its mishandling of the pandemic.

For decades, the U.S. has served as the world’s largest donor – providing around $400 million annually and some 10 times more than China. In addition, Beijing promised to significantly increase the sum provided to the organization.

The WHO spokesperson did not respond immediately to a request for comments to clarify the timing of the change and why it was enhanced more than six months after the initial findings.

In a statement issued to the media over the weekend, the Agency stated – as per Business Insider – that the latest timeline “gives further information” regarding the early days of the global epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than half a million citizens worldwide since then.

Yet the current paradigm shift has been one of many in recent months surrounding the WHO’s information and ambiguous association with Chinese authorities.

For one, Wuhan physicians were aware that the virus could spread between humans as early as the beginning of December, with patients falling ill despite not having been exposed to the wet market.

The first verified case in Wuhan was reported to have been registered on Dec. 8, a woman who said she had not been linked to the business. It raises questions about what happened in the weeks between, the WHO’s own investigative capabilities, and why an initial tweet sent by the WHO on January 14 said there was “no evidence of human-to – human transmission.”

In fact, on 3 February, some weeks after dozens of countries – including the United States – reported reports of emerging diseases, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that “spreading to other countries is limited and gradual,” and that the virus could be quickly “managed” as a consequence of China’s “strategy and actions.”

New news have found out that China had delayed the disclosure of sensitive details to the public for many days and waited more than a week to disclosure the genome openly so that other countries could establish diagnostic tests.