After their invitation was turned down twice, MPs have become more forceful with a top representative of the World Health Organization, issuing a summons to demand he appear in front of the Commons health committee.
Dr. Bruce Aylward is a senior advisor and former assistant director-general with the WHO. He also led an expert group looking at the coronavirus’ emergence in China and has been with the WHO for decades, leading efforts against polio and other deadly diseases.
Aylward is a Canadian and after graduating from Memorial University in Newfoundland began his career here before joining the WHO.
The WHO has been criticized for being too deferential to China during the crisis and Aylward dodged a question with a Hong Kong based television station about Taiwan’s response to COVID-19, apparently hanging up rather than answering the question directly.
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