Governments can sue China before international tribunals for COVID-19 'cover-ups'

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'China can be sued before international tribunals'
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an Israel-based attorney with specialization in suing terrorist regimes and state sponsors for violating human rights said that “an argument could be made that just like support for terrorism, which is legally actionable, a government that engages in such reckless disregard and negligence and covers up an epidemic which has the potential to spread worldwide could be held legally liable.”

The expert further said China cannot be blamed for creating the virus but can be held responsible for not sounding the international alarm about the outbreak.

The latest study by the University of South Hampton in the UK had said China could have prevented 95 per cent of coronavirus infections if its measures to contain the outbreak had begun three weeks earlier.

'COVID-19 could have been reduced by 66 per cent if measures were taken a week earlier'
"Coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 66 per cent if the measures were taken a week earlier or by 86 per cent if action began two weeks earlier. If the action was taken three weeks later, then the situation could have worsened 18-fold," said the study.

As per the timeline by Axios, it was December 10 when China reported the first patient that started showing COVID-19 like symptoms.

The governments can sue China before international tribunals for violating its obligation to report the coronavirus outbreak early.

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