US President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull US funding from the World Health Organisation if it does not “commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days”.
In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said, “It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organisation in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organisation is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China”.
“My administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organisation. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste.”