Trump slams 'China-centric' WHO, says agency 'called every shot wrong' in coronavirus pandemic

By Charles Creitz | Fox News

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President Trump tells Hannity he'd love to reopen America with a big bang, says WHO was wrong on coronavirus

President Trump joins Sean Hannity for an exclusive interview to discuss the federal response to COVID-19 crisis, his hopes to reopen America and criticism of the World Health Organization.

President Trump slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for its "China-centric" views Tuesday, adding that the global health agency's projections and pronouncements about the coronavirus pandemic has been routinely wrong.

In an interview with Fox News' "Hannity," Trump said that the WHO had "strongly recommended" against America restricting travel from China, one of their earliest flawed pronouncements.

"The World Health [Organization] – very China-centric as I say – basically everything was very positive for China," Trump told host Sean Hannity. "Don't close your borders, they strongly recommended … That would've been a disaster, that would've been a total disaster.

"And literally, they called every shot wrong," the president added. "They didn't want to say where [coronavirus] came from. For many years, we've been funding the World Health Organization.""

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Major Japanese cities quiet after state of emergency declared

Today 05:00 pm JST

TOKYO

"Tokyo and some other major cities in Japan appeared unusually quiet Wednesday with many stores shut and fewer people in the streets, a day after a state of emergency was declared over the new coronavirus outbreak.

Aside from supermarkets, drugstores and others providing critical services, many businesses in Tokyo, Osaka and the five other prefectures for which the emergency was declared have decided to stay closed through May 6 in line with the government's request for people to stay at home and limit social contact.

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. closed all of its six Mitsukoshi and Isetan department stores in the metropolitan area, while Matsuya Co's store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area was also closed. At some other department stores, however, sections selling food continued to operate.

Other closed businesses include movie theaters, bowling alleys and shops inside station buildings.

McDonald's Co has also continued to operate most of its locations aside from those inside closed commercial facilities, while some outlets have stopped providing around-the-clock service.

Starbucks Coffee Co said that from Thursday it will shut about 850 shops located in the seven prefectures targeted by the declaration, while shortening the opening hours of shops elsewhere, having them close at 7 p.m.

Trains and buses were running, although the number of people taking them was less than usual in parts of Tokyo."

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