The Trump administration will launch a review of the management structure of the World Health Organization (WHO) amid criticism of its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the head of a U.S. agency said Wednesday.

John Barsa, head of the United States Agency for International Development, said at a press conference that the Trump administration is interested in answering whether the WHO is "running it the way it should be run."

“There’s numerous questions in terms of the management of the WHO; how they have been operating holding member states accountable in their actions," Barsa told reporters, adding that the investigation would be "all encompassing," and would "get into all manners of management operation questions.”

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The review comes as the Trump administration has suspended funding to the WHO and sharply criticized WHO officials over opposing large-scale travel restrictions, which President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE put in place last month.

“The WHO’s attack on travel restrictions put political correctness above life-saving measures,” the president said at a Rose Garden press conference. “The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion.”

“We will be able to take that money and channel it to the areas most needed,” he added, while not specifying how it would be allocated. “We have not been treated properly.”

The suspension of funding to the WHO amid the coronavirus outbreak has been criticized by many, including the American Medical Association (AMA).

“Fighting a global pandemic requires international cooperation and reliance on science and data. Cutting funding to the WHO – rather than focusing on solutions – is a dangerous move at a precarious moment for the world,” the AMA said.