The president also said he would reconsider membership of the United States in the body.
On Monday, the WHO said an independent review of the global virus response would begin as soon as possible and it had received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China, in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic.
More than 4.75 million people have been reported to have been infected globally and 314,414 have died, according to a Reuters tally. And this year, Washington has already paid the WHO about $58 million, senior Trump administration officials said last month, half of what it is required to pay for 2020 - known as an assessed contribution.
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