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   The World Health Organization has been “covering up” for China   
   amid the coronavirus outbreak -- so its leader needs to go, a   
   U.S. senator said Thursday.   
      
   Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., called on WHO Director-General   
   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to step down during an appearance on   
   FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria."   
      
   CHINA'S EARLY CORONAVIRUS VICTORY LAP, MISLEADING DATA HURTING   
   GLOBAL RESPONSE   
      
      
   Martha McSally   
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   It’s unconscionable that the WHO has helped China cover-up its   
   mishandling of the coronavirus crisis for months, while   
   thousands die globally. I’m calling on the Director-General of   
   the WHO to resign.   
      
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   McSally told host Maria Bartiromo that under the leadership of   
   Tedros, 55, an Ethiopian politician who has led the global   
   health entity since 2017, WHO failed to adequately oversee   
   China’s reporting of data related to the coronavirus outbreak,   
   which as of early Friday had sickened more than 1 million people   
   worldwide, with 200,000 recoveries, and killed more than 53,000   
   people.   
      
   In the U.S., the virus has sickened more than 245,000 people and   
   killed more than 5,000.   
      
   Numerous reports have alleged Chinese officials underreported   
   the number of cases in their country, where the outbreak   
   originated, adversely affecting how other nations, including the   
   U.S., have been able to prepare for the pandemic.   
      
   "I’ve never trusted a communist,” McSally said Thursday,   
   referring to the Chinese. “And their cover-up of this virus that   
   originated with them has caused unnecessary deaths around   
   America and around the world.   
      
   "I’ve never trusted a communist. And their cover-up of this   
   virus that originated with them has caused unnecessary deaths   
   around America and around the world."   
      
   — U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz.   
   “The WHO needs to stop covering for them,” she continued. “I   
   think Dr. Tedros needs to step down. We need to take some action   
   to address this issue. It's just irresponsible, it’s   
   unconscionable what they have done here while we have people   
   dying across the globe.”   
      
   China continues to lie about coronavirus: Sen. Martha   
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   McSally, 54, a former member of the U.S. House, was appointed to   
   the Senate after the resignation of former U.S. Sen. John Kyl, a   
   longtime senator who had rejoined the body by appointment after   
   the death of U.S. Sen. John McCain in 2018.   
      
   When contacted Thursday, Tarik Jašarevic, a spokesman for the   
   WHO, did not directly address McSally's remarks, Politico   
   reported, but said the organization expects its members "to   
   report data in a timely and accurate manner."   
      
   “Membership in WHO and signing up to the International Health   
   Regulations both carry with it the responsibility to prioritize   
   public health, nationally and internationally, not only because   
   global health norms say so, but because the two are inextricably   
   linked, as this global pandemic has made clear to the world,"   
   Jašarevic said.   
      
   Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros told reporters he was   
   “deeply concerned” about the “rapid escalation and global   
   spread” of the virus.   
      
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   CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE   
      
   “Over the past five weeks, we have witnessed a near exponential   
   growth in the number of new cases, reaching almost every   
   country, territory, and area,” Tedros said.   
      
   Though scientists have learned an “enormous amount” about the   
   virus in the past few months — after knowing “almost nothing”   
   about it following the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China, he   
   noted — the number of unknowns related to the virus, including   
   its “behavior,” makes controlling the outbreak that much harder,   
   he said.   
      
   Last month, Tedros praised President Trump for his handling of   
   the novel coronavirus outbreak and said the president was   
   "taking responsibility" for leading the U.S. response to the   
   pandemic.   
      
   Tedros said he and Trump had recently spoken and that the   
   president was "doing all he can."   
      
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   "I believe that kind of political commitment and political   
   leadership can bring change or can stop this pandemic," Tedros   
   said.   
      
   On Thursday, political analyst Ian Bremmer accused the WHO of   
   “carrying a lot of water for China” in recent years, claiming   
   the organization wants access “and they want the funding.”   
      
   Bremmer made his remarks during an appearance on the “Fox News   
   Rundown” podcast.   
      
      
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