The World Health Organization has appointed former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who criticized the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO as “foolish,” to lead the embattled agency’s probe into the coronavirus pandemic -- as the Trump administration says it fears a “whitewashed” investigation. “To withdraw funding from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic is clearly foolish," she said in an interview, flagged by journalist Sara Carter. Clark has raised concerns from U.N. critics over past comments she has made in relation to the virus. That’s really unthinkable.”The U.S. announced in May that it would withdraw from the World Health Organization over the WHO's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities," he said, announcing the move.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 20:46 UTC