WHO focused on halting coronavirus pandemic, chief says after US funding freeze

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

“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 says on Twitter following Trump’s decision.

— AFP

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 9, 2020. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

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