'Please don't politicize this virus.' The head of the World Health Organization defended the organization's response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled by President Trump.
The organization's initial response to the outbreak has been increasingly scrutinized as global cases soar over 1 million. Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull US funding for the organization, only to later backtrack from the threat."Please don't politicize this virus. It exploits the differences you have at the national level.
"We will do our assessment identifying the strengths and weaknesses," Tedros said, adding that the WHO wants to learn lessens from the pandemic.Trump blames health organizationChaos rocks Trump White House on virus' most tragic dayDuring a White House press briefing on Tuesday, Trump criticized the WHO, claiming it had downplayed the virus, and threatened to pull funding for the organization, though he later backtracked from such talk.
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