U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo launches fresh attacks on the WHO amid world criticisms

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization (WHO), warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding, and could even work to set up an alternative to the UN body instead.

As Pompeo launched fresh attacks on the WHO, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives accused the administration of President Donald Trump of trying to "scapegoat" the institution to distract from its own handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

In a letter to Trump, they called for the immediate restoration of U.S. funding, which Trump suspended last week over its handling of the pandemic.

Pompeo told Fox News late on Wednesday there needed to be "a structural fix of the WHO" to correct its "shortcomings."

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