Top China expert warns of potential second coronavirus wave | Malay Mail

Zhong Nanshan, head of the National Health Commission’s team investigating the novel coronavirus outbreak, at an interview in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China February 11, 2020. — Reuters pic

After months of lockdowns and curbs on travel China has largely brought the virus under control, but fears of a second wave have risen as clusters have emerged in northeast provinces and in the central city of Wuhan. “We are facing big challenge,” Zhong added. “It’s not better than the foreign countries I think at the moment.”

“The local authorities, they didn’t like to tell the truth at that time,” said Zhong, who was part of a team of experts sent to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak. But he added he believed data published after Wuhan was locked down in late January, and when the central government took control of the response, “will be correct”.

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