Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne has called for a review into the world's coronavirus response.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Foreign Minister Marise Payne this week called for the review,urging China to allow transparency in the process and saying the organisation should run the inquiry. China has accused the United States of running a campaign of"smear and stigmatisation"that has politically manipulated other countries against Beijing and the WHO. China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday Australia should not"blindly follow"calls for a global inquiry.
The Morrison government is now exploring the possibility of the United Nations appointing an independent investigator to review the world's response to the pandemic,which would probe China and the WHO's handling in the early days of the outbreak.