From: slider@atashram.com

A COALITION of 122 countries are now supporting Australia's call for an independent probe to investigate the causes of the coronavirus pandemic
that started in Wuhan, China.

But, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has felt the wrath of
Beijing, after China threatened to decimate his country's economy unless
the inquiry initiative is dropped. The need for an inquiry will be voted
on by 194 nations at the World Health Assembly on Tuesday. China has
increased its belligerent threats towards Australia with a suggestion they
may place a crippling tariff on barley exports.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1283632/China-coronavirus-inquiry-australia-scott-morrison-revenge-122-nations-probe-wuhan

The wording of the inquiry so far fails to mention China, but the nuances
all point to an effort to uncover attempts by Beijing to cover-up the
outbreak at the early stages.

The UK has signed up to support the inquiry and British Foreign Office spokesman said: “There will need to be a review into the pandemic, not
least so that we can ensure we are better prepared for future global
pandemics.

The pandemic has caused world economies to fall into recession, with many questioning why they should repay the sovereign debt they owe China after
the disease spread from Wuhan because of Beijing's lack of transparency.

At present global cases of infection have surged over 4.7 million, with
313,713 dead and million still sick with the disease.

Australia's inquiry efforts are now backed by the entire 27-member
European Union.

The need for an investigation is also supported by New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, the UK, India, Canada, Russia, Mexico and Brazil, and is to be put before the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday.

Opponents of Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggest that he is
using the inquiry probe idea as a way to distract from his own failings
during the early days of the virus' outbreak in his own country.

Mr Morrison's approval rating has increased since he announced the inquiry initiative.

Early on in the pandemic, many Australians accused him of failing to take
swift action or give clarity and structure to show his government was up
to the task of dealing with the imminent threat of the virus.

The motion that Australia will put to the World Health Assembly requires
the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to "initiate at the earliest appropriate moment, and in consultation with the Member States, a stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation".

The details of the motion call for an investigation into all the
"experience gained and lessons learned from the WHO-coordinated
international health response to COVID-19".

Australia's inquiry also wants and evaluation of the "effectiveness of the mechanisms at WHO's disposal and the actions of WHO and their timelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic".

The US, however, has pushed for even tougher language calling for the
motion to name Wuhan specifically and asks for an investigation of the epicentre of the disease.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged all nations to back
Australia's call for answers.

The motion comes in light of the fact that China's President Xi Jinping
knew about the coronavirus on January 7, yet China only shut down the
epicentre of the outbreak, Hubei province, on January 23, after five
million people had left to travel through China and to the rest of the
world.

### - quite interesting to see what happens to oz then huh + if china
nukes australia then we'll all just back-off a bit and go back to talking
again haha :))) kidding?

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