US president urges people to get vaccinated amid global concern over new strain WHO says poses ‘very high’ risk.
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US president urges people to get vaccinated amid global concern over new strain WHO says poses ‘very high’ risk.
France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO, three officials told Reuters.
Countries, where coronavirus infections are declining, could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze American funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the international group had "missed the call" on the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far left more than 82,000 dead around the world.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message stressed that Iran is engaged with the World Health Organization (WHO) in fighting coronavirus epidemic, adding that the country is implementing very strict preventive measures in this regard.
Iran's Health Minister Saeed Namaki in separate letters to the United Nations (UN) chief and the heads of two of its affiliated organizations, WHO and UNICEF, called on the international community not be silent against anti-Iran cruel sanctions.
A month after the exodus began, those dispersed in some 68 camps and settlements along the border do not have safe drinking water and hygiene facilities, according to the WHO.