WHO under fire: A timeline of the global body's response to the coronavirus pandemic

NEW YORK - The World Health Organisation is under fire over its response to the coronavirus pandemic, with President Donald Trump suspending US funding to the global body.- Dec 31, 2019: A day after China reports a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province- which is later identified as novel coronavirus infections - the WHO sets up an IMST across the three levels of the organisation: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level.

Based on experience with Sars and Mers and known modes of transmission of respiratory viruses, infection and prevention control guidance was published to protect health workers recommending droplet and contact precautions when caring for patients, and airborne precautions for aerosol-generating procedures conducted by health workers.- Jan 13: Officials confirm a case of Covid-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.

- Jan 22: The WHO mission to China issues a statement saying that there was evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan, but more investigation was needed to understand the full extent of transmission. While in Beijing, Dr Tedros agrees with Chinese government leaders that an international team of leading scientists would travel to China on a mission to better understand the context, the overall response, and exchange information and experience.

The Director-General accepts the recommendation and declares the novel coronavirus outbreak a PHEIC. - Feb 16-24: The WHO-China Joint mission, which includes experts from Canada, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore and the US spends time in Beijing and also travels to Wuhan and two other cities.- March 11: The WHO makes the assessment that Covid-19 can be characterised as a pandemic.

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Politically motivated organization. What was transpired between December and now when Taiwan had info on human to human transmission? Was it actioned on it or ignored?

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