May 8 (UPI) -- The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has accused the World Health Organization of politicizing the current hantavirus outbreak in an attempt to reverse that country's decision to withdraw from the group
Argentina's Health Ministry issued a statement Thursday rejecting calls from the WHO to reconsider the exits of both Argentina and the United States during the health emergency linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius.
Argentina formally left the organization on March 17, while the United States did so on Jan. 22.
"The country does not need to belong to the WHO to work with other states," the Argentine ministry said in defending the country's national health and technical capacity to confront emergencies.
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