Amid the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging the world, President Donald Trump of the United States has threatened to cut funding to the World Health Organisation, WHO.
Igbere TV reports that the billionaire president is accusing the World Health body of bias towards China during the coronavirus pandemic.
This comes as nearly 2,000 people infected with the novel coronavirus died in the United States in the past 24 hours.
The record daily figure of 1,939 brings the total number of deaths in the US to 12,722 since the outbreak.
Trump told reporters on Thursday that he was “going to put a very powerful hold on” funding to WHO, the UN body whose biggest funding source is the US.
“We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO,” said Trump, who had previously criticised other UN and multilateral agencies.
He gave no details about how much money would be withheld and minutes later during the same press conference he said: “I’m not saying I’m going to do it.”
“We will look at ending funding,” he added.
According to Trump, the WHO “seems to be very biased toward China. That’s not right.”
His comments built on an earlier statement on Twitter in which he accused the WHO of being “very China-centric.”
