China’s UN envoy asks for international solidarity in coronavirus battle via SABCNewsOnline
While the epidemic has spread to 20 countries, the vast majority of cases remain in China where all of the 213 deaths have occurred.
He said his country had adopted a transparent, open and responsible attitude towards the spread; moves that failed to prevent the WHO determination that the virus is an extraordinary event that placed other countries at risk and required a coordinated international response. The US on Thursday also confirmed its first case of human-to human transmission, joining Germany, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand that have also reported such cases. Ambassador Jun urged countries not to overreact, warning that such actions could be counterproductive.
The Ambassador was pressed on a recent Human Rights Watch report that raised concerns over local censorship relating to information on the spread of the virus and the forced quarantining of 50 million people in an effort to limit transmission. Jun says such comments are against human conscience and should be condemned.
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