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WHO blames spiked Italy report on error, "overlooked" rule

by Nicole Winfield
| January 7, 2021 11:03 AM

ROME (AP) — The World Health Organization denied Thursday that Italian officials pressured it to spike a report into Italy’s coronavirus response but said the U.N. agency should have shared the document with Italy's government before publishing it.

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