Donald Trump confirms he is considering restoring funding to the WHO

Donald Trump says funding for the WHO remains suspended but confirms he is considering reducing US contribution from $400M to just $40M to match China’s President Trump confirmed on Saturday US is considering ‘numerous concepts’  He said US funding to WHO remains frozen and no final decision has been made Leaked draft letter suggested Trump … Read more

Africa will have more than a quarter of a billion COVID-19 cases

Africa’s young and fit population will help the continent avoid an enormous death toll from COVID-19, according to figures from the World Health Organization.   Analysis from the UN’s international public health body predicts more than a quarter of a billion Africans will contract the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within a year.   It claims that the COVID-19 death toll will … Read more

China’s ambassador to Britain DENIES Covid cover-up and says now isn’t the time for WHO probe

China’s ambassador to Britain DENIES Covid cover-up and insists he’s fine with the WHO probing his country’s labs and wet markets – but says now is not the ‘appropriate’ time to do so Liu Xiaoming insisted China is open to a probe of its wet markets and labs  Said the World Health Organisation is welcome … Read more

China’s ambassador to Britain DENIES Covid cover-up and says now isn’t the time for WHO probe

China’s ambassador to Britain DENIES Covid cover-up and insists he’s fine with the WHO probing his country’s labs and wet markets – but says now is not the ‘appropriate’ time to do so Liu Xiaoming insisted China is open to a probe of its wet markets and labs  Said the World Health Organisation is welcome … Read more

Coronavirus could take FIVE YEARS to bring under control warns WHO’s chief scientist

It could be four to five years before the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, a senior global health official has said. But with hopes of an end to the pandemic dependent on containing the virus and development of an effective vaccine, other experts have dampened expectations of putting a date on curbing the virus. There … Read more

Coronavirus: US to get French vaccine first after funding company

Americans will get priority for French drugmaker Sanofi’s coronavirus vaccine because the US rushed to be first to give the company funding for its research back in February, chief executive officer Paul Hudson told Bloomberg.  ‘The US government has the right to the largest pre-order because it’s invested in taking the risk’ by giving Sanofi … Read more

CIA believes China pressured WHO to publicly downplay the risk of coronavirus in January

The CIA believes that China pressured the World Health Organization into delaying public warnings about coronavirus early in the outbreak, according to a new report. A CIA report says China threatened to stop cooperating with the WHO’s coronavirus investigation if the organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency, according to Newsweek. The alleged delay came … Read more

CIA believes China pressured WHO to publicly downplay the risk of coronavirus in January

The CIA believes that China pressured the World Health Organization into delaying public warnings about coronavirus early in the outbreak, according to a new report. A CIA report says China threatened to stop cooperating with the WHO’s coronavirus investigation if the organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency, according to Newsweek. The alleged delay came … Read more