62 countries, including India, have backed a joint effort by Australia and European Union, calling for an independent inquiry into the WHO's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a draft resolution proposed for 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting beginning today.The draft calls for "impartial, independent and comprehensive" probe into the coronavirus crisis, besides an inquiry into the actions of the World Health Organization (WHO) and "their timelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.""Initiate, at the earliest appropriate moment, and in consultation with the Member States a stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation, including using existing Mechanisms, as appropriate, to review experience gained and lessons learned from the WHO-coordinated international health response to COVID-19," the draft report reads.European nations and Australia have been gathering support for an "impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation" of "the WHO-coordinated international health response to COVID-19".Last month, Australia was the first country to call for an independent inquiry into how the coronavirus outbreak started.