The head of the embattled World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that the agency is suffering from a $1.3 billion funding gap for its coronavirus response for this year -- even as President Trump is showing no sign of reversing the U.S. funding pause to the controversial agency. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE“This estimate includes the funds that WHO has already received to date, leaving WHO’s COVID-19 response with a funding gap of US$1.3 billion for 2020,” he said. But Trump announced a pause in funding amid an investigation into the WHO’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Specifically, the U.S. has expressed concern about its closeness to China and how that affected its response to the crisis. I'm going to be making an announcement on that soon because they're like a puppet for China,” he said.

Source: Fox News May 08, 2020 21:22 UTC