WHO chief who was caught ‘parroting the CCP’s propaganda’ elected to five more years

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the re-election of its director-general Tuesday despite allegations he echoed Chinese state talking points during the initial COVID-19 outbreak.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who previously served as Ethiopia’s health minister and foreign minister according to the WHO website, will start his second term on Aug. 16, the organization announced on Twitter. Tedros, who faced no competition for the post, has expressed admiration for China’s handling of the coronavirus and received harsh criticism for multiple missteps in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the AP reported.

Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee concluded the WHO under Ghebreyesus echoed the Chinese party line during the initial outbreak of the virus in a June 2020 report.

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