By Emma Farge

GENEVA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that he was still hoping the U.S. administration would reconsider its decision to withdraw from ‍the organisation next month, saying that its exit would be a loss for the world.

In one of his first acts as U.S. president, Donald Trump signed the order to withdraw, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and was too close to China. It will ‌take effect on Jan. 22, 2026.

The decision has ‌raised concerns about global cooperation on any future outbreaks which the WHO helps coordinate through a series of international health regulations.

“There are things you can get only at the WHO and nowhere else. These issues are health security issues … and that’s why we were aski

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