President Trump announces 'halt' in US funding to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic
as it conducts a review of the global organization's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion," the president said in a Rose Garden press conference.and of being too China friendly. He has attacked the agency for advising the U.S. against banning travel from China to other parts of the world amid the outbreak.
"And the World – WHO – World Health got it wrong," the president told reporters at the White House last week."I mean, they got it very wrong. In many ways, they were wrong. They also minimized the threat very strongly and – not good."
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