California is once again breaking ranks with the Trump administration, this time over the World Health Organization.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Friday that the Golden State is the first and, so far, only state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). The move comes one day after the Trump administration announced the U.S. had officially withdrawn from the WHO.
California joined GOARN back in September. Only sovereign nations can be official dues-paying members of the WHO. There are no dues for being part of GOARN.
Newsom called the U.S. exiting the WHO “reckless” and warned it could be harmful to public health.
With GOARN, California doctors will have global access to early warning systems and data sharing to prepare for potential virus outbreaks.
NBC Bay Area’s Emma Goss has more in the video report above.
