In his latest swipe at the World Health Organisation, US President Donald Trump has suggested it is a "pipe organ for China".
Mr Trump is continuing to repeat complaints about the UN organisation after halting funding earlier this month.
Facing criticism domestically for his handling of the coronavorus pandemic, Mr Trump has in turn cast blame on the WHO, stating previously that the organisation is misleading. He said its perceived relationship with China is to blame.
“We give US$500 million. We have over the years given $500 to $400 million. China’s giving $30 million and yet they seem to work for China.”
The US president argues the WHO should have acted more swiftly to help control the global pandemic by knowing more about how it was unfolding.
However, the World Health Organisation’s chief has defended its Covid-19 response.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom says health officials have acted “quickly and decisively” since the beginning of the pandemic.
“We sounded the alarm early and we sounded it often. We said repeatedly that the world had a window of opportunity to prepare and prevent widespread community transmission.”
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The WHO is planning a "huge scale up" of shipping coronavirus testing kits to middle- and low-income countries in the coming weeks.
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