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... Newsom traveled this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he was scheduled to speak at an event but was canceled at the last moment. During his trip, he met with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

"As President Trump withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization, California is stepping up under Governor Gavin Newsom -- becoming the first, and currently the only, state to join the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN), strengthening public health preparedness and rapid response coordination," Newsom's office said in a statement.

This announcement comes just one day after the U.S.'s withdrawal from the WHO became official after nearly 80 years of membership, having been a founding member of the organization.

"The Trump administration's withdrawal from WHO is a reckless decision that will hurt all Californians and Americans," Newsom said in a statement. ...