WHO urges U.S. to reconsider funding, says virus to stay for long

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that he hoped the U.S. administration would reconsider its suspension of funding, but that his main focus was on ending the pandemic and saving lives.

"Most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and some that were affected early in the pandemic are starting to see a resurgence in cases," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Geneva journalists in a virtual briefing. "Make no mistake we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time," he said, while noting that epidemics in Western Europe appear to be stabilizing or declining.

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