Following Trump's criticism, the director of "World Health" defends her handling of the Corona crisis

WHO Director Tidros Adhanom Gebresos defended the way the organization deals with the needs of the Corona virus, after a series of strong criticisms directed by the US President Donald Trump to the organization, and his threat to suspend the payment of America's contribution to the organization's budget, as well as both United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres And French President Emmanuel Macron on the organization's performance.

"My advice is three things: I hope that you stick to unity at the national level and do not use it as a delegate 19 for political goals, secondly, sincere solidarity at the global level, and thirdly, that the United States and China show leadership with integrity," he said at a news conference yesterday.

The WHO director called on world leaders not to politicize the crisis caused by the virus, saying he expects continued US funding with traditional bipartisan support.

On Wednesday, Trump and his administration repeated criticism of the World Health Organization's management of the Corona crisis, as Trump said that the organization has reduced the threat posed by the virus around the world, and the US president blamed the organization, saying, "It seems very biased to China, this is not right."

American financing
President Trump said that his country provided $ 452 million to the World Health Organization last year, and that the amount is ten times greater than the forty million dollars that China has provided to the organization.

Trump said that the WHO issued a statement on January 14 saying that "there was no transmission of coronary disease emerging from one person to another," adding that the organization had criticized it severely when he said he would suspend flights from China to prevent the spread of infection.

On the other hand, Gypressus said that the World Health Organization "kept the world informed of the latest data, information and evidence", and indicated that today, Thursday, will coincide with the passage of 100 days since China reported its registration for the first time of "idiopathic pneumonia" on December 31, Which later turned out to be the first infection with the "Covid 19" virus.

Guterres' statement
In a related context, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres defended the World Health Organization yesterday, saying that it is with thousands of its staff on the front lines to confront the Corona virus, in order to support Member States, especially the most vulnerable.

Guterres stressed the need to support the organization - which is affiliated with the United Nations - in its war against the emerging disease, noting at the same time that an investigation can be conducted at a later stage on how all concerned deal with the crisis.

In the same context, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his full support for the World Health Organization in connection with its director yesterday, Wednesday, a day after Trump criticized it, and an official in the French Presidency told Reuters, "(Macron) confirmed his confidence and support for the organization, and he refused to put it in A war between China and the United States. "