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The director of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Dr. Robert Redfield has opposed President Donald Trump’s statement. He said the WHO (World Health Organization) was a Great Partner as the US coronavirus death toll has crossed its highest deaths in a single-day. On Wednesday, Dr. Redfield was appeared on CBS This Morning after Trump announced that the White House would be temporarily pulling funding from the WHO, during his daily Covid-19 press briefing. Redfield was asked about how the pulling of funding would impact the WHO because it is essential to fight against the spread of coronavirus, but he refused to answer it. Point to be noted that the United States was the biggest contributor to budget of the WHO.

Dr. Redfield said he preferred to leave Geo-political issues to those in charge. But, he admitted the CDC still considered the WHO a strong partner during the health crisis. On Wednesday, he appeared on Good Morning America of ABC. He said, “WHO has been a long-term and still is a great partner for us. We’re continuing to work side-by-side to do the best that we can to limit the spread of disease and to protect the American people. We’ve had a really productive health relationship. We continue to have that. Again, I’d like to do the post mortem on this outbreak once we get through it together”.

Critics have slammed the President for pulling funding from the WHO during an epidemic given how much the organization needs this money to handle Covid-19 globally. It is noteworthy that Trump announced he was pulling funding from the WHO while a review was conducted. The move took place because the President claimed the organization was slow in declaring the coronavirus an epidemic and providing countries with proper warnings. President Trump thought the WHO was supporting China too much, especially when the group criticized his travel ban for China. He said, “The WHO’s attack on travel restrictions put political correctness above lifesaving measures”.