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Updated: Jan 31, 2020 23:40 IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): China's Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, on Friday said that the World Health Organisation
(WHO) has praised China's efficiency in detecting the coronavirus outbreak, isolating the virus and supporting other countries in the
situation."As the Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros said, the speed with which China detected the outbreak, isolated the virus, sequenced
the genome and shared it with WHO and the world are very impressive, and beyond words
So is China's commitment to transparency and to supporting other countries," the envoy said in an exclusive interview to ANI.Talking about
China's cooperation with the international community during the battle against the epidemic, he said: "While fighting the epidemic, the
Chinese government carried out international cooperation with openness, transparency and high sense of responsibility.""We shared
information of the epidemic and the genetic sequence of coronavirus with WHO, relevant nations and regions in a timely manner
Chinese diplomatic missions overseas have also communicated closely with the host governments in this regard," he said.Highlighting the
declaration made by WHO, the envoy said: "I would also like to quote a few words from WHO Director-General Dr.Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus:'this declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China
On the contrary, WHO continues to have confidence in China's capacity to control the outbreak
China's efforts to combat the disease deserve respect and appreciation
In fact, many of the prevention and containment measures China has taken far exceed relevant requirements for dealing with emergencies
In many ways, China is actually setting a new standard for outbreak response.' He stressed that the WHO disfavors or even opposes imposing
travel or trade restrictions on China."The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced a public health emergency of international
concern over the coronavirus crisis in China and other countries."The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening
in China, but because of what is happening in other countries," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, was quoted by
CNN as saying.However, the UN health body stressed that it does not recommend limiting trade and travel
It also once again spoke highly of China's prevention and containment measures
