The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is missing 900 million US dollars to fund its response to the coronavirus during an executive board meeting on Friday.
In its first virtual meeting for the board, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO had worked “day and night” to coordinate a global response to the pandemic.
Tedros said the WHO published its first comprehensive package of guidance for COVID-19 on January 10, and said they have since issued “almost 100 technical documents”.
He said the organisation has worked with multiple tech platforms to “fight the infodemic”.
Since February, he said WHO has convened more than 400 researchers worldwide to “identify research priorities”, and that they are tracking more than 700 clinical trials globally.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Tedros threatening to end funding for the agency unless it committed to “substantive improvements” in the next 30 days.
Trump has already ordered a pause in US funding for the WHO, which totalled nearly 900 million US dollars in 2018-19, according to information on the agency’s website.
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