"REPORTER: On the hantavirus. Will you reconsider leaving the World Health Organization because of the outbreak of hantavirus? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No, we seem to have things under very good control. They know that virus very well. It's been around a long time. Not easily transferable, unlike COVID. But we'll see. We're studying it very closely. We have very good people studying it very closely."
"The hantavirus exploded into the mediasphere this week over an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius that killed three and reportedly involved a rare person-to-person transmission of the virus. But health officials have assured the public that this outbreak does not have the potential to result in a Covid-like pandemic."
"One reporter asked if he would reconsider his withdrawal from WHO, which was among his first acts upon retaking the White House: REPORTER: Do you have an update on the hantavirus? The hantavirus? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We have it. We have very good people looking at it. It seems to be okay. They know the virus very well. They've worked with it for a long time. They know it very well, not easy to pass on. So we hope that's true."
"President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2025 entitled WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION and the withdrawal became official on January 22, 2026. At the time, the United States was by far the greatest source of funding for the organization."
A reporter asked President Donald Trump about a hantavirus outbreak after three deaths on the cruise ship MV Hondius and reports of rare person-to-person transmission. Health officials said the outbreak does not have the potential to become a Covid-like pandemic. Trump said experts are studying the virus closely, that it is well understood, and that it is not easily transferable like Covid. When asked whether he would reconsider the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to the outbreak, Trump said no and said the situation is under very good control. Trump signed an executive order withdrawing from WHO on January 20, 2025, with withdrawal becoming official on January 22, 2026.
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