NEW DELHI : As the world counts more than 211,000 deaths in about four months since the novel coronavirus was first detected in China, there is a growing chorus among nations for an international probe into how covid-19 could have developed into the pandemic it has with its economic and human costs.
Australia and the European Union were the latest voices to join the US, France, Germany and Britain in calling for an international enquiry.
Late Monday, US President Donald Trump took his criticism of China one step further by suggesting that he may seek damages from Beijing over covid-19, which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world.