A Democratic senator says the decision 'leaves Americans sick and America alone' as Joe Biden pledges to rejoin if elected.
He said:"Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health. On my first day as president, I will rejoin the WHO and restore our leadership on the world stage."
The Republican chairman of the Senate health committee, Lamar Alexander, said he disagreed with the decision to leave the WHO. He said:"Certainly there needs to be a good, hard look at mistakes the World Health Organisation might have made in connection with coronavirus, but the time to do that is after the crisis has been dealt with, not in the middle of it."Meanwhile, Democratic senator Bob Menendez tweeted:"To call Trump's response to COVID chaotic and incoherent doesn't do it justice.
A spokesman for Mr Guterres said he was"in the process of verifying with the World Health Organisation whether all the conditions for such withdrawal are met". Under the terms of the withdrawal, the US must meet its financial obligations to the WHO before it can be finalised.
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