The World Health Organization pushed back on Wednesday against growing criticism from the United States and Taiwan, with top officials defending their handling of the coronavirus pandemic against accusations that they were too quick to accept China’s view of the outbreak.
The WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus largely deflected questions about the threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to cut off funding to the U.N.-linked global health body, expressing his hope that American support would continue.
“With unity, with solidarity, at a national level and global level, resources will not be a problem,” Tedros said, going on to thank the United States for its long history of support for global health, which he called “a bipartisan proposition.” Continue reading.