As the WHO's World Health Assembly gathers on Monday to plot the path ahead, here is a timeline covering the key moments in the WHO's hotly-contested handling of the COVID-19 pandemic The World Health Organization has been at the heart of the battle against the new coronavirus since the first reported outbreak in China.
As the WHO's World Health Assembly gathers on Monday to plot the path ahead, here is a timeline covering the key moments in the WHO's hotly-contested handling of the COVID-19 pandemic: - First cases in Wuhan - December 31, 2019 -- China reported to the WHO a "cluster" of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.