World leaders have pledged to accelerate the development, production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against the coronavirus, but the United States will not be taking part.
A spokesman for the U.S. mission in Geneva told Reuters “there will be no US official participation” in the programme which aims to speed the development of a vaccine and share resources in the fight against the covid-19.
He said: “We look forward to learning more about this initiative in support of international cooperation to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 as soon as possible.”
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The Independent reports: The nation’s withdrawal from collaborative international efforts in the wake of the pandemic follows Donald Trump’s announcement that the US would suspend funding to the WHO after he accused the United Nations agency of “covering up” the coronavirus outbreak from China.
He attacked the organisation as he faced similar criticisms after reports showed that he had dismissed or ignored warnings about the threat of the outbreak from his administration for several weeks.
A global initiative to accelerate the development of a potential vaccine was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among other world leaders, on Friday.
President Macron told the meeting that the group hopes to “reconcile around this joint initiative both China and the US, because this is about saying the fight against Covid-19 is a common human good and there should be no division in order to win this battle.”
The group has pledged to provide access to treatment and vaccines to other nations, commit to the international partnership and share research efforts and make informed group decisions about their response.
Niamh Harris
I would not let anyone from the U.N. or W.H.O. stick a needle in me or anyone in my family!
Or give medical advice. This China paid rump-swab don’t even know the recipe to make ice cubes.
Even less Bill Hates .
that is enough for me to vote for trump. even though he went along with this false flag event.
He didnt have any choice He doesbt own tbe major news outlets and isnt paying Bill Gates more than Bill’s paying the WHO. Imagine if trump hadnt gone along Imagine how it would look when the virus is real and so many are dead
That would be like Surrendering to China. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4aadacb673d80655aac8bb98b5a47c9185dd7705e866b984758aa7c91ab120a0.jpg
The entire UN is a disaster and should be broken up and restructured I to an organisation that empowers all nations with equality.
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