Health officials at the Center for Disease Control have reportedly been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization, following Trump's criticisms on the agency.
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their
US experts said the sudden pause came as a surprise and would set back efforts to contain health threats abroad. View on euronews
The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff have been ordered to cut communication with the World Health Organization
The US public health officials have been instructed to immediately stop working with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The memo comes after Trump, in addition to dozens of other executive orders, pulled the U.S out of the WHO last week.
US public health officials have been instructed to immediately cease collaborations with the World Health Organization. The sudden halt, announced via memo from CDC official John Nkengasong, poses setbacks for addressing global health threats,
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been ordered to stop all collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) immediately. The order was passed in a memo from CDC official John Nkengasong to senior leaders in the agency.
President Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the US meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must ...