Beijing has promised to continue supporting the World Health Organization even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US.

By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump's new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.

The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including those caused by the flu-like virus HMPV, were "within the expected range" for winter.

China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

The U.S. is the WHO’s largest funder and Trump’s withdrawal is straining the group’s financial resources, prompting the recruitment freeze and strict limits on travel expend

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

China on Tuesday vowed to support the World Health Organization after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the body, which he has slammed over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

US' possible exit would have a very severe impact on global health. It could also pave the way for other member states or even private players to exert their influence on health policies.

China was forced to put emergency measures in place earlier this month after the virus, later identified as HMPV, started to spike across the country’s northern provinces

In a fresh analysis, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believes that the Covid-19 virus ‘more likely’ leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The US intelligence agency has released the ’low confidence’ assessment under Trump-appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe,