UNITED NATIONS: A current improve in respiratory diseases in China is a standard challenge confronted by all nations and Chinese language authorities have it below efficient management, China’s Overseas Minister Wang Yi mentioned on Wednesday (Nov 29).
The World Well being Group (WHO) final week requested China present detailed info on a rise in respiratory diseases and reported clusters of pneumonia in kids.
However a WHO official mentioned on Monday that the spike in diseases in China will not be as excessive as earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, and reiterated that no new or uncommon pathogens had been discovered within the current circumstances.
“Lately we now have seen some clusters of flu circumstances amongst kids in sure components of China. In reality, that could be a quite common phenomenon in lots of nations, and in China that has been put below efficient management,” Wang instructed reporters on the United Nations in New York the place he’s chairing a UN Safety Council session on the Israel-Hamas battle.
“China’s interactions with the worldwide group is not going to be affected by any components, and we welcome extra visits from mates from internationally,” he mentioned.
Each China and the WHO have confronted questions in regards to the transparency of reporting on the earliest COVID-19 circumstances that emerged within the central Chinese language metropolis of Wuhan in late 2019.
