Backlash against Trump exiting WHO as world virus cases top 6 mn
US President Donald Trump incurs the wrath of the international community for his actions against the World Health Organisation, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel shuns a G7 meeting with him. – EPA pic, May 31, 2020.
US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash yesterday over severing ties with the UN’s health agency during a pandemic, as coronavirus cases worldwide topped 6 million and infections surged in Latin America. The EU urged Washington to reconsider its decision to permanently cut funding to the World Health Organisation over its handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 366,000 people and devastated the global economy.
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