Prepares decree
Trump wants to cut funding for virus research
According to a newspaper report, President Donald Trump's administration is preparing a decree to at least temporarily suspend government funding for certain virus research in the US.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen This would affect research that could make pathogens more dangerous or contagious, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the report, some viruses such as the H5N1 avian flu pathogen could be exempted from the order. The decree has not yet been finalized, they say.
USA withdraws from WHO
It was only on Tuesday that Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO had reacted poorly to the coronavirus pandemic and was demanding unfair contributions from the USA. According to the president, China has four times the population of the USA, but pays around 90 percent less.
Trump had already announced his withdrawal from the WHO in 2020 during his first term of office and officially submitted his withdrawal to the organization. However, his successor Joe Biden halted the move after taking office in January 2021, before the withdrawal took effect.
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