Argentina to exit WHO

The president of Argentina Javier Milei on Wednesday hinted that his country will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) because of the shoddy way the global health body handled COVID-19 pandemic.

Milei, spokesman disclosed this on Wednesday.

The decision comes two weeks after President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on the first day of his second term,that the U.S would leave the UN health organization.

“President Javier Milei has instructed Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein to withdraw Argentina from the WHO,” said the government spokesman, Manuel Adorni at a press conference.

Milei’s spokesman hinted of his country’s deep disagreements with the WHO regarding the response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

“We Argentines will not allow an international organisation to interfere with our sovereignty and certainly not with our health,” said Adorni.

At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the South American country had imposed very strict measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

Curfews were in place longer than in almost any other country in the world and, in some cases; people were only allowed to leave their homes for essential shopping and doctor’s appointments.

Milei became president in December