Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses China of delaying notification to the World Health Organization about the coronavirus and blames the WHO for not enforcing its rules. But the UN agency has no enforcement ability, according to those same rules.
Pompeo also criticized China's scientific laboratories, implying that they do not have"proper handling" and he openly questioned whether the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a lab in Wuhan -- the city that was the epicenter of the outbreak.
But the report also seemed to dismiss the Chinese government's claim that it originated at a wet market in Wuhan, a provincial capital of 11 million people."Our analyses, and others too, point to an earlier origin than that. There were definitely cases there, but that wasn't the origin of the virus," Dr. Robert Garry, a professor at Tulane University School of Medicine and one of the authors, told ABC News at the time.
But the Trump administration has not taken steps to punish China, with Pompeo saying repeatedly it is not the time for"recriminations."In contrast, the administration has gone after the World Health Organization and put a"halt" on funding from the U.S., which provides more funding than any other government.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department, April 22, 2020, in Washington."For every contract or every dollar flowing today, we're just taking WHO off the table, and we're going to provide that assistance to these other organizations in order to get the job done," Richardson said.
MORE: Bill and Melinda Gates tell David Muir Trump's halting WHO funding 'just doesn't make any sense'
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