US president Donald Trump has lashed out at the World Health Organization, accusing the world’s health body of being biased towards China in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Tuesday White House briefing, he threatened to put a “very powerful hold” on US funding to the organisation.
Trump later wrote on Twitter: “The [WHO] really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric.”
He added: “We will be giving that a good look. Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why did they give us such a faulty recommendation?”
In response to Trump’s attack, the WHO’s regional director for Europe said that now was “not the time to cut back funding”.
WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, added in a Wednesday press briefing: “At the end of the day, the people belong to all political
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