Valentina Matviyenko praised both the World Health Organization and China for their work in trying to slow the worldwide spread of the virus.
Hours after Matviyenko's comments, Trump wrote to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus laying out his complaints and demanding that the organization commit to"major" reforms within 30 days or lose U.S. funding—which constitutes some 15 percent of the body's budget.
Russia will not be among the nations demanding an international investigation of China's role in the coronavirus pandemic, Matviyenko suggested."China was the first to take the hit" from the pandemic, she said.
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