China joins WHO draft resolution over coronavirus pandemic

China has joined a draft resolution submitted at the general assembly of the World Health Organization by the European Union and Japan over the novel coronavirus outbreak, the government said Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of the U.N. agency's leading role.The draft resolution calls on the WHO to carry out a fair, independent and comprehensive verification regarding the pandemic.Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said it is "not at all the same" as one mapped out by Australia calling for an independent inquiry into the origins of the virus, first detected in the central Chinese cit…READ FULL ARTICLE