Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan criticized the Trump administration, saying they “did not take pandemic surveillance as seriously as they should,” while casting doubt on the World Health Organization’s upcoming report on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday .
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“I also believe we need credible, open and transparent international research led by the World Health Organization,” Sullivan told CBS ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday. “ They are about to release a report on the origins of the pandemic in Wuhan, China, which we have questions about as we do not believe China has made enough original data available on how this pandemic began to spread in China. and eventually all over the world. “
“We believe that both WHO and China should pay more attention to this issue,” he continued.
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Despite members of the Biden government expressing concern, the government chose to reconnect with the WHO. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that the US will donate $ 200 million to the WHO by the end of the month.
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“I am not in the position, nor is the Biden administration able to determine exactly where COVID-19 originated,” Sullivan said. “And that’s partly because the government of China has not provided sufficient transparency, and the WHO has more work to do to find out exactly where this virus originated.”
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Despite pointing out these issues, Sullivan repeatedly fired shots at the Trump administration, which cut ties with the WHO.
“I think we need to take several steps to look at the previous administration’s response to the pandemic and what lessons we need to learn to ensure that this never happens again,” he said.
Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.