India's Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan taking charge as the chairman of the World Health Organisation is being reported as somehow a reflection of how well India has done in responding to the pandemic.

This is wrong. 1/3

Dr HarshVardhan will succeed Japan's Dr Nakatani, the current Chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board.

It was the turn of SEARO (S.E. Asia Region Office), & in 2019, the bloc had decided that India's nominee would be elected to the executive board for a 3 yr beginning May

If anything, the question to ask here is how is a man who hasn't addressed a single briefing since the pandemic began, going to lead.

This is ** not in anyway ** WHO's endorsement of India's botched up pandemic response. 3/3