Members of the United Nations arrange humanitarian aid to be distributed at the Regional Logistics Centre for Humanitarian Assistance in Panama City on April 8, 2020.
Trump piled in on Tuesday, accusing the WHO having "called it wrong" and months too late, while taking US money but favouring China. However, French President Emmanuel Macron later "reiterated his belief that the WHO must be part of the solution" during a conversation with Tedros, according to a presidential official.
"If you don't want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicising it," the WHO chief argued, before adding later: "It's like playing with fire."
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