WHO says China deserves gratitude and respect for efforts to battle virus outbreak
Kathmandu, January 30
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that China deserves the international community's gratitude and respect for having taken very serious measures to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak and prevent exporting cases overseas.
As per the Xinhua News, addressing journalists at a press conference in Geneva, the director-general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked the Chinese government for the extraordinary steps it has taken to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Tedros also said that almost 99 percent of cases and all deaths were recorded within China, with only 68 confirmed cases and no deaths in 15 countries and regions outside China. "For that, China deserves our gratitude and respect. China is implementing very serious measures and we cannot ask for more," said Tedros after returning from China.
During his China visit, Tedros had meeting with the Chinese leadership to discuss cooperation on implementing containment measures in Wuhan (the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak) and public measures in other cities and provinces, as well as on conducting studies on the severity and transmissibility of the virus, and sharing data and biological material.
It was also informed that one of the strategies the WHO and China have agreed on and are following is serious and strong intervention at the epicenter, which helps limit the spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, President Xi Jinping ordered Chinese military to keep its mission firmly in mind and shoulder responsibility to make contributions to winning the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic.
President Xi made the remarks in a recent instruction to the military on the prevention and control of the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.
