The United States' decision to freeze funding to the World Health Organization over what President Donald Trump said was its 'mismanaging' of the global coronavirus pandemic has triggered anger and concern across the world.
over what President Donald Trump said was its"mismanaging" of the global coronavirus pandemic has triggered anger and concern.
He said it would be frozen pending a review into the WHO's role in"severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus," said Mr Trump, who accused the Geneva-based body of putting"political correctness above life-saving measures."The US President charged that the outbreak could have been contained"with very little death" if the WHO had accurately assessed the situation in China, where the disease broke out late last year.
"It is my belief that the World Health Organization must be supported, as it is absolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against COVID-19," he said. "This US decision will weaken WHO's capacities and undermine the international cooperation against the epidemic," he said.
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