Ireland to quadruple its contributions to WHO after Trump halts US funding

Days after US President Donald Trump said he would halt US' contribution to World Health Organisation (WHO) accusing global health ncy of siding with China, Ireland anunced that it would quruple its funding to UN body. According to reports, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney on April 16 said that his country would donate €9.5m (£8.3m) to WHO this year to help its coronavirus response. 

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Commenting on importance of WHO, Simon Coveney said that re are so many countries that rely on UN expertise and its capacity for saving lives. Coveney also called Trump's decision of halting UN funding 'indefensible' in midst of a pandemic. WHO director-general Tedros ham Ghebreyesus thanked Simon Coveney and people of Ireland for donation and continued support. Tedros took to his official Twitter handle to appreciate Ireland's gesture at time of a global health crisis. 

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United States in 2019 h donated $400 million to World Health Organisation, which is about 15 per cent of total funding UN body receives. Trump ministration has been criticising WHO's role amid global pandemic accusing it of favouring China. United States feels that WHO is t doing much to press China on sharing all information related to COVID-19 and also that it took too much time to declare outbreak a pandemic. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus outbreak has infected over 2.33 million people globally and has killed nearly 1,60,000 patients since it first broke out in December 2019. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in Chinese city of Wuhan, initial epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Currently, United States, Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom are most affected countries in world with a recorded death toll of 14,000 and above.

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