The Democratic candidate for the US presidential elections, Joe Biden, announced yesterday that he will cancel, if he wins the presidential election, the decision taken by President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, while the Director-General of the Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresus, withdrew from a symposium Set up in London at the last minute, yesterday, after Washington confirmed its exit.
In detail, Biden said, "Americans are safer when America is committed to promoting global health." He added on Twitter: "On the first day of my presidency, I will join the WHO again and reaffirm our global leadership."
The United States formally launched the process of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, after Trump had threatened to withdraw his country from the agency against the backdrop of managing the emerging Corona virus crisis.
Health officials and opponents of Trump criticized his decision to withdraw the United States from the Geneva-based organization responsible for fighting diseases that continue to spread in the world, including "Covid-19."
The United States is the largest financial contributor to the World Health Organization, but in April Trump suspended funding after accusing it of failing to take sufficient measures to prevent the spread of the "Covid-19" epidemic at first, and very complacent with China.
In the same context, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresus, withdrew from a seminar held in London at the last minute, yesterday, after the organizers said that he should attend meetings related to the announcement of the United States leaving the organization.
Tedros was to take part in the symposium held by the Chatham House Studies Center in London on the "Covid-19" pandemic, and moderated by David Hayman, a former WHO official and professor of global health.
"I was in touch with his office (Tedros) about something else (this morning), and they told me that he had several diplomatic meetings, as a result of the US withdrawal," Heyman said yesterday at the webinar.
This comes at a time when White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said in an interview with CNBC yesterday that reimposing public isolation measures to curb the "Corona" epidemic would be a "fatal mistake", at a time when some retreated States reported on re-opening measures, in light of the increasing number of casualties.
Later, Kudlow told reporters: "There may be some economic impacts, as some states impose further measures aimed at curbing the spread of the disease, but he added that he had not seen any evidence of a deep recession."
For his part, US President Donald Trump stressed yesterday that he does not agree with the assessment of the chief communicable disease expert in the United States, Anthony Fawcci, regarding the dangerous situation facing the country, at a time when the new Corona virus outbreak continues.
"The current situation is not really good," said Anthony Fawcci, director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases, in comments broadcast live on Facebook and Twitter.
He continued: «To still drowned in the first wave of infections (Covid-19).
However, Trump confirmed in a television interview the day before yesterday that he did not agree with Fuchi, the prominent figure in the White House anti-epidemic team.
"I think we are in a good position," the president said in a television interview. I don't agree with him. ”
He continued, "Dr. Fuchi said do not put the masks, and now he says put them down," adding that the health expert said many things that Trump considered bad advice.
And Trump added: “We did a good job. "I think we will be in very good shape in a few weeks."
It is noteworthy that the epidemic claimed the lives of more than 130 thousand people in the United States, in the outcome that is considered the highest in the world until now based on absolute figures. The number of injuries is increasing in the south and west of the country, after state and city officials began easing restrictions.
Trump has repeatedly underestimated the increasing number of injuries, noting that it is the result of increased checks.
The United States is currently examining about 600,000 people a day, according to the Covid Tracking Project, which is run by volunteers in the country, but it is not enough for health experts, given the large number of confirmed infections being discovered.
Federal officials said yesterday that they will provide free examinations for "Covid-19" patients to people who do not show symptoms of the disease, to contain the spread of the virus in three centers in the south.
• The White House economic advisor: "Re-imposing isolation is a fatal mistake."