<p>The EU on Tuesday urged all countries to back the World Health Organisation (WHO) after President Donald Trump threatened to permanently cut US funding.</p>.<p>European Commission spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson said global cooperation is "the only effective and viable option to win this battle".<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-latest-news-835374.html?_ga=2.187363181.416104316.1589592942-1897853262.1587057442" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>She said, “This is the time for solidarity. It is not the time for finger pointing or undermining multilateral cooperation."</p>.<p>In a letter to WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump wrote the agency's "repeated missteps" in its response to the pandemic have proven "very costly for the world".<br /><br /><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html#1" target="_blank">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump threatened to cut US' WHO funding unless it commits to "substantive improvements" in the next 30 days. </p>
<p>The EU on Tuesday urged all countries to back the World Health Organisation (WHO) after President Donald Trump threatened to permanently cut US funding.</p>.<p>European Commission spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson said global cooperation is "the only effective and viable option to win this battle".<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-latest-news-835374.html?_ga=2.187363181.416104316.1589592942-1897853262.1587057442" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>She said, “This is the time for solidarity. It is not the time for finger pointing or undermining multilateral cooperation."</p>.<p>In a letter to WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump wrote the agency's "repeated missteps" in its response to the pandemic have proven "very costly for the world".<br /><br /><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html#1" target="_blank">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump threatened to cut US' WHO funding unless it commits to "substantive improvements" in the next 30 days. </p>