The participants of the 73rd world health Assembly supported the resolution, which refers to the need to test, what measures different countries have taken in response to the pandemic coronavirus

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The resolution calls as soon as possible to carry out “impartial, independent and comprehensive assessment” of the international response COVID-19. However, the document does not mention China and did not call to find out the origin of the virus

World Health Organization (WHO) / YouTube

The participants of the 73rd world health Assembly supported the resolution, which refers to the need to test, what measures different countries have taken in response to the pandemic coronavirus, reports Reuters.

The resolution calls as soon as possible to carry out “impartial, independent and comprehensive assessment” of the international response COVID-19. However, the document does not mention China and did not call to find out the origin of the virus.

None of the 194 member countries of the world health organization (who), including the US, raised no objections to the resolution. The document was submitted by the European Union with the support of more than 100 States, including Australia, China and Japan.

China has approved the investigation, but only after the end of the pandemic, writes CNN. The President of the PRC XI Jinping in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Assembly also pledged the who $ 2 billion within two years. For comparison, an annual fee of China in the who made about 40 million dollars, and the United States has provided the organization before the current crisis, about $ 400 million.

XI Jinping also assured that Beijing did not hide any information about the coronavirus and shared it with the international community.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said that the who “essential” and urged to postpone the investigation of the origin of the virus until better times. “Now is the time for unity,” he added.

The spread of the coronavirus began in China in late 2019. The authorities said that the infection has a natural origin. Who adheres to the same opinion. The organization believes that the virus has transferred to humans from bats, but was not created or modified in the laboratory, writes, “Medusa”.

The U.S. government has advanced the hypothesis that the coronavirus could accidentally “escape” from the Institute of Virology in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The existence of evidence in favor of this version declared, in particular, the President of the United States Donald trump and the head of the U.S. Department of state Michael Pompeo.