CDC Ordered to Immediately Stop Working With WHO, Memo Says

The decision was made after Trump signed an order indicating the United States would pull out of the global health agency.
CDC Ordered to Immediately Stop Working With WHO, Memo Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Officials in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization (WHO), effective immediately, according to a memorandum that was sent out this week.

John Nkengasong, a CDC official, issued a memo on Sunday to senior agency leaders that staff working with WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”

Jack Phillips
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