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WHO chief expresses regret over Trump move to cut funding


In this file photo taken on March 09, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquaters in Geneva. (Photo by AFP)

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed regret over the US presidents decision to cut funding to the body at the time of the new coronavirus pandemic.

"This is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters during a video conference from the WHOs headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday. "When we are divided, the coronavirus exploits the cracks between us."

He also reiterated that the UN body is reviewing the possible impacts of the US President Donald Trumps decision, adding that the organization would work with its partners "to fill any financial gaps" and to ensure its activities will continue uninterrupted.

Tedros comments come a day after Trump announced that the US would halt its financial support of the WHO.

"Today Im instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organizations role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus," Trump said in a news briefing in Washington on Tuesday.

He added that review of the Geneva-based agency would take somewhere between "60 to 90 days."

Trump has repeatedly accused the WHO of siding with China and reliance on Chinese data, blaming it for "all sorts of false information about transmission and mortality" that was circulated amid initial reports.

The US contributed $400 million to the WHO last year, roughly 15% of its budget.

Meanwhile, the move by Trump drew harsh international reactions. The European Union, the African Union, China, France and Germany all criticized the US president for his abrupt move.

The US organizations and NGOs also gave a cold shoulder to the decision.

On Wednesday, the US Chamber of Commerce accused Trump of damaging the countrys interests through ending Washingtons funding to the WHO.

"Cutting the WHOs funding during the COVID-19 pandemic is not in US interest given the organisations critical role assisting other countries - particularly in the developing world - in their response," US Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant said in a press release.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also announced that it will continue to cooperate with the WHO to mitigate the novel coronavirus pandemic.

"WHO has been a long-term and still is a great partner for us," CDC Director Robert Redfield told CBS on Wednesday. "For me and for CDC and the public health arena, were continuing to work side by side with WHO to do the best that we can to limit the spread of disease and to protect the American people."

 

SOURCE: PRESS TV

 

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