Trump Threatens To Permanently Withdraw Support For The WHO

The president adds that his government has already initiated discussions with the WHO on how to reform the organization.

– But action is needed quickly. We have no time to waste, Trump writes.

The United States passes one and a half million coronas infected

The message from the US comes the same day that the number of coronary-related deaths in the country has passed 90,000 and the number of infections reaches 1.5 million. It shows a statement from Johns Hopkins University . It happens exactly three weeks after the United States registered one million cases of infection.

Already in April, Trump temporarily withdrew US support for the WHO. In that regard, the president said that the United States contributes $ 400 to $ 500 million annually to the WHO – and that China’s contribution is about $ 40 million.

The United States is not alone in criticizing the WHO. Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Taro Aso, has previously been criticized by the organization.

– If the WHO had not initially insisted that there was no epidemic of pneumonia in China, then the whole world could have taken its precautions, he said, according to the New Statesman magazine .

The latest available transfer shows, according to the NTB news agency, that the United States provides $ 116 million to the WHO in the period from 2020 to 2021. In addition, various projects support between $ 100 million and $ 400 million per year.

Source: nyheder.tv2.dk