Trump says US terminating relationship with WHO In the face of a global pandemic and protests across the country, President Trump announced at a Friday afternoon news conference that the U.S. is ending its partnership with the World Health Organization. Trump says US terminating relationship with WHO In the face of a global pandemic and protests across the country, President Trump announced at a Friday afternoon news conference that the U.S. is ending its partnership with the World Health Organization. People wearing face masks walk through Domino Park in Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, May 27, 2020. "We will be, today, terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to worldwide, and deserving, urgent global public health needs," he said. Trump also said that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China. "We will take action to revoke Hong Kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China," the president continued. "The United States will also take necessary steps to sanction ERC and Hong Kong officials directly or indirectly involved in eroding Hong Kong's autonomy." The president did not take questions or comment on the events in Minnesota. The U.S. has more than 1.7 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19. A novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 362,000 people worldwide. Over 5.8 million across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks. The United States is the world's most-affected country, with more than 1.7 million diagnosed cases and at least 102,323 deaths. Source
