Biden’s National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, criticized the Trump administration, saying that they “did not take pandemic surveillance as seriously as they should”, while casting doubt on the next World Health Organization report on the origins of the pandemic. of coronavirus on Sunday.
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“I also believe that we need a reliable, open and transparent international investigation led by the World Health Organization,” Sullivan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program on Sunday. “They are about to launch a report on the origins of the pandemic in Wuhan, China, about which we have doubts because we do not believe that China has made available enough original data on how this pandemic started to spread in China and eventually throughout the world. “
“We believe that both WHO and China should work on this issue,” he continued.
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Although members of the Biden administration expressed concerns, the administration nevertheless chose to re-engage with WHO. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that the United States will disburse $ 200 million to WHO by the end of the month.
The World Health Organization symbol on the side of a building.
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“I am not in a position, nor is the Biden government in a position, to make a decision on the exact origin of COVID-19,” said Sullivan. “And that’s partly because there was not enough transparency coming from the Chinese government, and WHO still has more work to do to find out exactly where this virus came from.”
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Despite pointing out these issues, Sullivan has repeatedly attacked the Trump administration, which has cut ties with WHO.
“I believe that we need to take a series of steps to examine the government’s response to the pre-pandemic and what lessons we need to learn to ensure that it never happens again,” he said.
Adam Shaw of Fox News contributed to this report.