{"id":18386,"date":"2020-05-19T08:53:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T23:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/may\/19\/coronavirus-live-news-imf-chief-says-economic-recovery-unlikely-in-2021-as-us-deaths-pass-90000"},"modified":"2020-05-19T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T08:40:22","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-who-chief-promises-independent-review-of-global-response-as-us-deaths-pass-90000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=18386","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: Trump says he may quit WHO, claiming lack of independence from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHO chief promises independent review of global response; IMF head says full economic recovery unlikely in 2021; Italy records lowest deaths since March<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/may\/18\/trump-taking-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-fda-warnings\">Trump says he\u2019s taking hydroxychloroquine despite FDA warnings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/may\/19\/uk-coronavirus-live-latest-updates\">UK coronavirus updates &#8211; live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/may\/19\/australia-coronavirus-live-updates-nsw-victoria-qld-schools-china-latest-news-update\">Australia coronavirus updates \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-at-a-glance\/latest\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-05-19T08:38:13.950Z\">9.38am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>British politicians<\/strong> heaped fresh pressure on the government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak today, calling its testing regime \u201cinadequate\u201d in the early stages. <\/p>\n<p>The prime minister, <strong>Boris Johnson<\/strong>, has been criticised for his initial response to the global pandemic, and has faced weeks of pressure about the availability of tests for the virus. <\/p>\n<p>Capacity was not increased early enough or boldly enough. <\/p>\n<p>Capacity drove strategy, rather than strategy driving capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-05-19T08:33:45.905Z\">9.33am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/may\/19\/coronavirus-live-news-imf-chief-says-economic-recovery-unlikely-in-2021-as-us-deaths-pass-90000\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO chief promises independent review of global response; 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