Following weeks of threats on Twitter, President Donald Trump has finally pulled the United States from membership of the World Health Organisation . He cited as main reason the body’s alleged favouritism to China, the first epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While it is unclear whether US can formally leave the WHO considering the UN body’s constitution, that the successful severance of membership by any country takes a one-year process with all outstanding dues paid, there is need for the WHO to immediately commence alternative ways to manage the void. This is against the background that the world is yet to wriggle its way out of the COVID-19 outbreak that has infected over seven million people and killed more than 400,000 persons.
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