The move to limit support to the WHO in the midst of a global pandemic is unprecedented, and attracted criticism from health policy experts as well as billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates BEIJING/TOKYO/WASHINGTON : China criticized US President Donald Trump’s move to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization and pledged to support the global health body.
Trump on Tuesday said he ordered the move against the WHO because it took China’s claims about the coronavirus “at face value" and failed to share information about the pandemic as it spread.
China has “serious concerns" about the decision and called on the US to fulfill its responsibilities, foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a briefing in Beijing on