US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced halting America's funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) as he ordered a review to assess the UN body's role in "severely mismanaging and covering up" the spread of the deadly coronavirus. "Today I am instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. Everybody knows what has gone on there," Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference on the pandemic. Trump has accused the WHO of taking side with China in the coronavirus outbreak that has forced more than half of the world's population under lockdown. "With the outbreak of the COVID-19, we have deep concerns whether America's generosity has been put to the best use possible.

Source: dna April 15, 2020 07:07 UTC