The World Health Organization (WHO) head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, on Friday wished U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania a speedy recovery after the two tested positive for coronavirus, reported The Times Of India.
“My best wishes to President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS for a full and speedy recovery,” Ghebreyeusus said in a Tweet.
Donald Trump was shifted to a military hospital Friday night after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House.
Trump has constantly criticized the WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the UN health agency of botching its response to the crisis that emerged in China’s Wuhan late last year.
In May, the US president called WHO a puppet of China and accused the institution of severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. He also threatened that his country, formerly top donor of the Geneva-based body, will completely withdraw and cut off funding to the WHO.
In line with Trump’s criticisms, WHO member states in May agreed a resolution calling for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation to review experience gained and lessons learned from the WHO-coordinated international health response to the pandemic.”
It said the investigation would review the UN health body’s actions and timelines.
Headed by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response intends to produce interim findings in November and come out with a full report in May 2021.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 1.02 million people and more than 34.8 million cases have been registered since the outbreak emerged. The United States is the worst-hit country with more than 213,000 deaths from 7.55 million cases. India is second in the list with over 6.47 million coronavirus cases and 100,875 deaths.
