WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report
Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Dec. 18, 2020 08:39 AM EST
Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambron warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambron warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Dec. 18, 2020 08:36 AM EST
Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Dec. 18, 2020 08:36 AM EST
Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambron warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambron warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Dec. 18, 2020 08:36 AM EST