Mugabe and Tsvangirai are under pressure from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to form a power-sharing government by next month.
Speaking in Harare during a tour of cholera affected areas McGee said he doubted if there was going to be a major and swift policy shift in dealing with the government of Zimbabwe if the all-inclusive government comes into effect.
"We will take a wait-and-see attitude when dealing with the government of national unity. What we want to see is action and not words," said McGee, raising fears Western countries would not immediately provide financial support to revive Zimbabwe's economy.
However, McGee said Washington would continue providing humanitarian support to Zimbabwe but through channels not controlled by a Mugabe-headed government in Harare.
"We all know what they (Mugabe's government) did to the money from the Global Fund which was meant for HIV and AIDS treatment. US$14 million just disappeared and they admitted that they had taken it. We will find our ways to try and make sure that the aid gets to the needy Zimbabweans," said McGee.
The US ambassador said his government had donated non-food items (NFIs) worth US$6.8 million to help fight the cholera epidemic since the beginning of this year.
The donation of 440 000 bars of soap and aquatabs used to treat water will be distributed to the needy communities through UNICEF.
An official at Budiriro polyclinic said although the number of people dying of cholera has declined, the clinic still gets admissions of cholera patients on a daily basis.
"The NFIs have been very helpful but we continue to have admissions and the numbers are beginning to go up again. We are very grateful for the amount of support we have received so far," said the official, who declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
In addition to cholera, which has killed close to 3 000 people since last August, Zimbabweans also have to battle acute food shortages, record unemployment and the world's highest inflation officially estimated at 231 million percent as of last July. Independent economists say it could be anything in the trillions. — ZimOnline.
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