WHO focused on saving lives, says chief after US funding freeze

Donald Trump has announced that US will freeze funds. The US president believes that the world body mismanaged the pandemic.

Updated on: Apr 15, 2020, 18:17:15 IST

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The World Health Organization is purely focused on saving lives and halting the coronavirus pandemic, its chief said Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced he was freezing funding for the WHO.

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva. (REUTERS)

“There is no time to waste. WHO’s singular focus is on working to serve all people to save lives and stop the COVID-19 pandemic,” director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter following Trump’s decision.

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