Donald Trump has confirmed the US will stop funding the World Health Organisation. The President slammed the WHO for advising against imposing travel bans at the start of the coronavirus crisis.
Speaking at his daily White House press conference, Trump confirmed he would halt US funding of the organisation "until a review is conducted".
He said the WHO had "failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable." Trump added that the group had promoted China's "disinformation" about the virus that is likely to have led to a wider outbreak of the virus than otherwise would have happened.
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