Argentina’s President Javier Milei
By Andreas Lopez
Argentina will leave the World Health Organisation (WHO) two weeks after President Donald Trump announced on the first day of his second term, that the U.S. would leave the UN health body.
Adorni explained that the decision was due to the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesman for President Javier Milei said.
“President Javier Milei has instructed Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein to withdraw Argentina from the WHO,” government spokesman, Manuel Adorni, said at a press conference.
Milei’s spokesman said the Argentinean government has profound 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,” Adorni said.
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.
In some cases, people were only allowed to leave their homes for essential shopping and doctor’s appointments.
Milei became president in December 2023.
