Source: Headlinecode
May 30 2020
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he is ending the relationship between the United States and the World Health Organization (WHO). The president has blamed the WHO of refusing to keep Beijing to account for the pandemic coronavirus.
Washington is redirecting funds to other agencies, he said. The US is the largest single donor to the global health organisation, delivering more than $400 million (£324 million;€360 million) in 2019. Mr Trump, who has been criticized for his own handling of the pandemic this year and is running for re-election, has blamed China for attempting to cover up the coronavirus outbreak. Over 102,000 people in the US have sacrificed their jobs to COVID-19-by far the world’s largest death toll.
The President accused China of manipulating the World Health Organization to “mislead the world” about the virus. Mr Trump’s criticism of the WHO’s handling of pandemic started last month. It is when he threatens to withhold US support indefinitely. He claims that the UN health agency had “failed in its fundamental duty” in its response.
He calls the WHO a “puppet of China”.
China accused the US of spreading the virus on its own soil, attributing the epidemic to American “politicians who lie.” Chinese spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said earlier this month that Mr Trump was attempting to confuse the public, discredit China and transfer the blame for [the US’s] own incompetent answer. The member states of the WHO have agreed to create an independent inquiry. It is into the global response to the pandemic.
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