Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted “guaranteed rights of access” in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks, a contentious idea that would give it more powers and require member states to give up some of theirs.