China stands ready to work with Sri Lanka to firmly support the World Health Organization (WHO) in the global battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday in a phone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena.

Nothing in the response to COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) has been "hidden from the U.S., from day one," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, rejecting Washington's accusation that the agency had tried to cover up the pandemic.

The Group of 77 (G77) and China on Sunday issued a statement expressing their support for the World Health Organization (WHO) in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.