US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a joint press conference with the Danish Foreign Minister in Copenhagen, Denmark on July 22, 2020. A year after the US and Denmark butted heads over President Donald Trump's offer to buy Greenland, his secretary of state is visiting Denmark on July 22, 2020, with Arctic issues at the top of the agenda.
Asked about Pompeo's allegations during a virtual press conference, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were"untrue and unacceptable and without any foundation for that matter." He reiterated his warning that one of the"greatest threats in the current crisis is the"politicisation of the pandemic".Tedros appealed to all countries to work together in the fight against the virus, which has claimed more than 627,000 lives worldwide since it first emerged in China late last year.
WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove, who is an American citizen, also pushed back Thursday against the charges lobbed against the UN agency."I see first hand every day the work that Dr. Tedros does... that our teams do, all over the world," she said, insisting the entire organisation was"firmly focused on saving lives.
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