WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

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'Please don't politicize this virus.' The head of the World Health Organization defended the organization's response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled by President Trump.

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The organization's initial response to the outbreak has been increasingly scrutinized as global cases soar over 1 million. Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull US funding for the organization, only to later backtrack from the threat."Please don't politicize this virus. It exploits the differences you have at the national level.

"We will do our assessment identifying the strengths and weaknesses," Tedros said, adding that the WHO wants to learn lessens from the pandemic.Trump blames health organizationChaos rocks Trump White House on virus' most tragic dayDuring a White House press briefing on Tuesday, Trump criticized the WHO, claiming it had downplayed the virus, and threatened to pull funding for the organization, though he later backtracked from such talk.

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World Health Organization Tan Desai said that Taiwan scolded him. This is his lie. He said that the US President criticized him. He replied that threatening the United States needs more body bags? WHO Tan Desai shirks responsibility!

Totally agree. Don't politicize this virus, YOU DIRECTOR. I'm Asian ,but we all human never forget blaming Trump's travel restriction and undervaluing the virus in January. This time, Trump was far far better!

CoastalPaleo It’s disgusting when WHO’s Director General tried to cover up his own incompetence and missteps with diversionary accusations. Wait, wasn’t it a political decision when he ignored Taiwan’s warning about human-to-human transmissibility last Dec?

WHO was not giving a clear answer to what to do. Instead, we got a slow and hesitant response. All States of the world have then introduced different steps. They should have know what to do, they should have give the world a clear and quick answer. One big fail...

What about TAIWAN? Please don't politicize this virus.? you're kidding me right?

CNN is always talking trash about President Trump. We support our President in the time of crisis. CNN sells it soul to China. Wait, CNN doesn't believe in God.

How can you have an incompetent fool as the head of WHO. On top of that he is not even a doc. Replace him with a doctor and now.

WHO should be concerned with reporting out of China. When something is too good to be true, it generally isn’t.

But y’all already have! CNN let y’all tell it the world is coming to end. 😂😂😂😂

I don’t believe at all he is not even a dr

Do not even wanna listen to this man 🙉

F 'em

As he thinks he takes nothing from WHO, and as one of his principles 'nothing goes for nothing' then he will pay nothing, poor Americans having such a president!!!

He is another mouthpiece of china who helped get him into that office.

Perfect response.

WHO need to be taken to Court! This is not political! This IS criminal....

Just a kind reminder how WHO lying in front of the world. The whole organization needed to be investigated. ChinaLiesPeopleDie WuhanVirus WHOLiedPeopleDied

That sounds like a threat to me.

Mukulaa Can haters just let DrTedros lead the world through the WHO to a COVIDー19 free world? Divided we shall all fall, a tiny pathogen will win

Someone is starting to worry about his massive salary 🤣🤣

Surprise!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Everyone one the world new about this with all the resources at his finger tips he could figure this out? He said it was just a flu so where did he get that from? WHO doesn't run the U.S the president is supposed to be the shot caller call it for what it is

The WHO got it wrong!!!

Trump is going after the WHO for 1 reason: to point the finger at them in order to take the onus off of his giant mishandling of COVID19 in the US. He KNOWS he is guilty of gross dereliction of duty but rather than wise up & change his ways, he ALWAYS turns & points elsewhere.

Oh God! The W.H.O. is a worthless apologizing, mouthpiece for China The W.H.O leader Tedros Adhanom should be in prison China and the W.H.O lied, and the world got infected Let China fund the W.H.O since they are China’s propaganda machine You are like war criminals

Although I think Trump is right at his point, even if he's wrong, what Tedros says should apply to CNN as well.

WHO is Crap. They DID Everything WRONG. This was NO Accident. DefundWHO

World Health .Org Advised our PRESIDENT NOT TO CLOSE THE BORDERS!!! WE GIVE THEM 53 mil plus a year to make this kind of bad judgement call ? DEFUND THEM AND SHUT THEM DOWN OR LETS GET A NEW ORG LEADER WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL HES DOING APPOINTED !!

This gentleman is right, this virus has no borders, we should all be united but Trump is politicising an horrible dreadful pandemic to hide what he should have done and at the same time blame everyone to get some points

Maybe WHO should follow its own advice and stop praising China for its response

Too late CNN and the Democrats started in January and haven’t stopped. Go float yourselves.

Now they're worried about politicizing it. LOL. A little late for that, my foreign friend.

So why did the WHO politicize questions regarding Taiwan?

He is talking to the mirror

Ghebreyesus is the one who politicized the virus by ignoring scientific data and constantly brown-nosing and bowing to China's need to suppressing infectious information. He is singularly responsible for allowing the virus to spread throughout the world. He should resign.

WHO is a fraud! Cancel them!

What has the WHO done for us EXACTLY?

January 14

At the beginning WHO said that the virus is not passed from person to person (probably by china's request). Should have declared a pandemic at least two weeks before they actually did. Total negligence

They are in China’s pocket - can’t be trusted Free Taiwan

Maybe he should follow his own advice. His body bags snark definately cost him our funding. Once a commie...always a commie.

Then don’t sold us to China how much money they pay you ? You are a crook !!! Be ashamedof yourself!

Trump will use anyone or anything to deflect the spotlight on his incompetence

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