US against where: “no” to new amendments to pandemics – “hurt our sovereignty”

Donald Trump’s government announced yesterday, Friday, that the US is rejecting modifications adopted in 2024 by the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat pandemics, stating that they are a violation of US sovereignty. In 2024 its member states adopted amendments to the International Health Regulation, a legally binding framework for the treatment of emergency public health after the limits of the applicable during the Covid-19 pandemic. US President Donald Trump decided when he returned to power in January to withdraw the US from the UN organization. However, according to the US Foreign Ministry, these amendments remain binding to the country. US Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Junior, known for his positions surrounded by skepticism about vaccines, and the country’s foreign minister, Mark Rubio, said in a statement issued that “these modifications are likely to hinder us. […]
Source: News Beast

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