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WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
- Japan has become the first Asian country to openly call for an investigation into the WHO’s handling of Coronavirus And an investigation into the ORIGIN of coronavirus
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- Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi also said Friday that Japan is joining a chorus of calls for such an investigation and the probe should be conducted by an independent body.
- “This disease has had a devastating impact on the entire world, and information must be shared between countries in a free, transparent and timely manner, lest we risk it spreading even more quickly,” Motegi said in a parliamentary session, in reference to COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
- “There’s a lot of discussion in the international community about precisely where the virus came from and the initial response,” he said. “There needs to be a thorough investigation, and it’s crucial that this be carried out by an independent body.”
JAPAN QUESTIONS ORIGIN OF VIRUS
- By doing this Japan has joined the chorus of the other two QUAD members regarding a probe into the origin of Novel Coronavirus Other than that Japan has also called for Taiwan’s inclusion into WHA (world health assembly)
PRESSURE ON INDIA
After this move India is not the only member of both the JAI group and the QUAD group that hasn’t raised the issue of WHO mishandling at all at world stage India has also refused to comment on Taiwan’s inclusion at the upcoming WHA
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