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Criticism of global health authority over coronavirus

The World Health Organisation faces charges it failed to halt the coronavirus pandemic, but says it welcomes an inquiry

The World Health Organisation faces charges it failed to halt the coronavirus pandemic, but says it welcomes an inquiry; we look at whether it can be to blame, or if it is being made a scapegoat. We report on the man from 'Mouse House', hired to put a western face on China's social media giant, TikTok. And a scourge of unemployment follows relentlessly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. We'll examine the human cost in the US and India. And we look at how the dramatic fall in carbon emissions from the global lockdowns might - with political will - be made permanent.
We discuss all this with live guests Melissa Chan, a Los Angeles based journalist and Sarah Birke in Tokyo.

(Image: A World Health Organization (WHO) instructor teaches new health workers during a training session. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Wed 20 May 2020 00:06GMT

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  • Wed 20 May 2020 00:06GMT

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