The president said U.S. funding would be put on hold while officials investigate the WHO's alleged role in a supposed coronavirus cover-up.
The WHO argued at the time that such a measureThe president has falsely claimed that he banned all travel from China,noted. The January 31 measure only temporarily blocked entry by foreign nationals who had traveled in China within the previous 14 days, and still allowed immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to enter.
China has sought to escape blame for the pandemic. The country has now stemmed its own outbreak and iswith medical personnel and supplies. But the Chinese Communist Party tried to silence whistleblowers who first warned of the virus in the central city of Wuhan and was slow in notifying the WHO of the situation.
In his Wednesday press conference, Zhao pushed back against an AP report suggesting Chinese leaders waited six days in January before Xi informed the public of the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak. During these six days, millions of people traveled from Wuhan to the rest of China and around the world.
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