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China's 'token' $2 bn payment to WHO is a distraction to hide failure: US

Earlier, China announced that it would provide more than $2 billion over two years to the WHO to fight the pandemic

Health workers collect swab samples from people for COVID -19 tests, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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President Donald Trump has suspended US payments to the WHO pending a review of how the organization handled the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak

ANI Washington D.C.
The US government sees China's newly announced payment to the World Health Organization (WHO) as an attempt to distract from Beijing's failure in handling the Covid-19 outbreak, White House National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said in a statement on Monday.

Earlier, China announced that it would provide more than $2 billion over two years to the WHO to fight the pandemic.


"The CCP [Chinese Communist Party]'s payment of $2 billion is a token to distract from the growing number of nations demanding accountability for

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