UK has ‘no plans’ to stop funding WHO The UK has “no plans” to follow the US and stop funding the World Health Organization.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said the WHO had “an important role to play in leading the global health response” adding that the UK had contributed £75m ($93m) towards efforts to stop the coronavirus.
The spokesman did not comment on US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the WHO.
On the issue of UK care workers, Downing Street said 3,300 had been invited to be tested for Covid-19, although it was not known how many had been.
Rules would also be changed “straight away†so that patients being discharged from hospital into care homes would be tested for coronavirus before they left.
The spokesman said “extensive work” was being done on an exit strategy from lockdown restrictions.
But, he said that, for now, the focus needed to be on getting the public to stay at home while capacity is built in the NHS.
Source:Â bbc.com