“Trudeau, along with the health minister and other federal ministers, repeat often that they are working closely with the WHO, following its advice.

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“Over the past few months, the language Canadian officials would use — whether on borders, asymptomatic transmission, on the value of masks — echoed very closely that which was coming out of the WHO....”

“In recent weeks, the WHO has been criticized for being too beholden to China, with some questioning if that influenced some of its advice...”

“Taiwan (in contrast) is shut out of the WHO because of China& #39;s influence with the UN body. Because of that, it has been excluded from emergency meetings and expert briefings and was forced to rely on its own evidence-gathering and judgment...”