WHO chief says confident in China's ability to contain virus, urges calm

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NSTworld: The World Health Organization’s director-general said on Tuesday he is confident in China’s ability to control and contain the spread of a new coronavirus, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. WHO virus Wuhan

At a meeting with authorities in Beijing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he approved of the Chinese government’s measures to curb the outbreak so far, according to a statement posted on the foreign affairs ministry’s website.

The WHO called the epidemic “an emergency in China” on Jan. 23, but stopped short of declaring it a global public health emergency. In this picture taken on January 27, people wearing protective masks to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in Wuhan, queue to take a taxi at the Beijing railway station. -AFP

Wuhan, where the virus emerged late last year, apparently in a market illegally selling wildlife, has been put on a virtual lockdown with bans on almost all transport and public gatherings.

 

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Oh, a paid of director.... Or Virologists and pathologists who say China have missed window for containing it? Hmmm... who to believe? WHO with a history of being wrong and too slow, or the actual experts?

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