President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to cut US funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China, where the authorities lifted a two-and-a-half month travel ban on Wuhan, the city that spawned the global coronavirus pandemic.
Amid warnings that worse is yet to come, death tolls mounted from the virus that has now claimed more than 82,000 lives and infected more than 1.4 million people worldwide.
China faces criticism over the way it handled the initial virus outbreak and Trump and others have expressed doubt over the accuracy of Chinese statistics for cases and deaths. While other major cities around the world remained locked down, thousands of people rushed to leave Wuhan. Britain reported 786 new deaths and New York state saw 731 in 24 hours, after Spain, France and Italy all recorded new surges in fatalities.
"But we remain much above our usual capacity," he cautioned."I don't know if my colleagues who are in the eye of the storm are able to see because the work pressure is very high."Iran's parliament convened for the first time since late February as the country reported a drop in new infections for the seventh straight day.
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