President Donald Trump says he has directed a halt to United States payments to the World Health Organisation pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China.
Trump says the outbreak could have been contained at its source and spared lives had the United Nations health agency done a better job investigating reports coming out of China.
Trump said the funding amounts to between US$400 million and US$500 million a year.
The US President says the world depends on the WHO to work with countries to make sure accurate information about health threats are shared in a timely manner.
