WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he was looking at possibly making a coronavirus vaccine available to people free of charge to facilitate public.
“We’re looking at that, actually,” Trump said when asked by a reporter at the White House whether a vaccine would be free.
Meanwhile, Trump administration is set to restore partial funding to the World Health Organisation, White House official reported late on Friday.
Trump suspended US contributions to the WHO on April 14, accusing it of promoting China’s “disinformation” about the coronavirus outbreak and saying his administration would launch a review of the organisation. WHO officials denied the claims and China has insisted it was transparent and open.
The United States was the WHO’s biggest donor. If the US matches China’s contribution, as the Fox report adds, its new funding level will be about one-tenth of its previous funding amount of about $400 million per year.
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