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Rubio says WHO was 'a little late' on identifying Ebola outbreak

PH · · Philippine Daily Inquirer

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the World Health Organization, the UN body which President Donald Trump stopped funding, was late in identifying a deadly outbreak of Ebola. Asked by reporters how the United States would respond to the virus outbreak, Rubio said: “The lead is obviously going to be CDC (the Centers for Disease Control) and the World Health Organization, which was a little late to identify this thing unfortunately.” Trump in one of his first acts on returning to office last year set in motion a US withdrawal from the WHO, which he […]... Keep on reading: Rubio says WHO was 'a little late' on identifying Ebola outbreak