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POTUS Donald Trump will restore partial funding to the World Health Organization, according to a recently published article.

Pres. Trump Halt funding for the World Health Organization

Pres. Donald Trump halts the country's funding for the World Health Organization in the wake of the global pandemic last month. The decision was made following reports that the organization is keeping the blame of COVID-19 away from China.

It can also be remembered that there was an online petition calling for the immediate resignation of Tedros, the Director-General of WHO, for covering up the origin of the new coronavirus and on how he handled the pandemic.

Before Pres. Trump announced that he will stop the funding for WHO, White House Economic Adviser Peter Navarro already warned that the Pres. is very serious about it and he also described Tedros as one of the proxies of the Chinese Government.

Moreover, the United States is the largest single donor of WHO. The U.S. has contributed $400 to $500 million every year compared to the $40 million contributed by China. In fact, the U.S. supposedly plans to allocate nearly $900 million in the current two year period.

Pres. Trump To Restore Funding for the World Health Organization

Trump's administration is now planning to restore its funding to the WHO after nearly a month of suspension while the government investigated the organization's response to the global pandemic, according to a recently published article.

In a draft obtained by a news outlet, it says that the U.S. government agrees to contribute the same amount as what China contributes. This means that if China will contribute $40 million, the same amount will be given by the U.S. and no longer the $400 to $500 million anymore.

The draft letter reads "Despite [its] shortcomings, I believe that the WHO still has tremendous potential, and want to see the WHO live up to this potential, particularly now during this global crisis."

He also added: "That is why I've decided the United States will continue to partner and work with the WHO. China owes a massive debt to the entire world, and it can start with paying its fair share to the WHO."

However in another statement, it was also stipulated in the draft letter that WHO and Tedros must be "insulated from political pressure in relation to public health decisions and participation in WHO meetings and calls for a fully independent assessment of the origin of this virus and the WHO COVID-19 response."

Early Warnings About the Virus

The disappointment of the U.S. government is also due to the dishonesty of the WHO and China for not reporting immediately as early as December last year the presence of the new coronavirus. It was found out that Taiwan told the WHO of the human-to-human transmission of the disease.

However, instead of conducting an investigation, they chose to rely on the investigation from China on which the organization posted on their official account in January that the Chinese government did not found the said transmission existed at that time.

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