The Trump administration announced today that the US was cutting ties with the World Health Organization. The administration submitted a notice of withdrawal from the World Health Organization to the United Nations secretary-general, according to an official source. The White House also notified congressional lawmakers Tuesday of the official removal, effective July 2021.
President Trump previously announced in May that the United States would be taking steps to “terminate” our relationship with the WHO.
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The U.S. repeatedly raised concerns about WHO officials’ praise of Chinese “transparency,” its ignoring of warnings about the virus from Taiwan, and its repetition of Chinese claims that COVID-19 could not be spread from person-to-person. Trump has also pointed to opposition from WHO officials to his decision to place a travel ban on China in the initial days of the crisis.