WHO director-general: We regret the US decision to halt funding

At a press briefing, the head of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “The United States of America has been a longstanding and generous friend to WHO, and we hope it will continue to be so.

“We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order a halt in funding to the World Health Organisation.”