World Health Organization officials have denied the body is “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after realDonaldTrump said he would put contributions on hold.
World Health Organization officials have denied the body is “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding,The United States is the top donor to the Geneva-based body which Mr Trump said had issued bad advice during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Bruce Aylward, senior advisor to the WHO Director-General, also defended the UN agency’s relationship with China, saying its work with Beijing authorities was important to understand the outbreak which began in the city of Wuhan. On Europe, Dr Kluge described the outbreak of coronavirus there as “very concerning” and urged governments to give “very careful consideration” before relaxing measures to control its spread.People who deliberately spread coronavirus to health workers face life in prison, government warns
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