BREAKING: Trump announces 'halt' in US funding to World Health Organization amid coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration will"halt" U.S. funding to the World Health Organization as it conducts a review of the global organization's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump has accused the organization of not moving quickly enough to sound the alarm over COVID-19 and of being too China friendly. He has attacked the agency for advising the U.S. against banning travel from China to other parts of the world amid the outbreak.
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