The World Health Organization criticised China’s “very narrow” definition of Covid deaths on Wednesday, warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak.
GENEVA, Switzerland –
As countries grapple with the best response to the surge in cases, a crisis meeting of European Union experts said Wednesday that EU countries were “strongly encouraged” to demand Covid tests from passengers coming from China. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had earlier told reporters that the organisation’s officials had held high-level talks in recent weeks with counterparts in China.
“With circulation in China so high and comprehensive data not forthcoming… it is understandable that some countries are taking steps they believe will protect their own citizens,” he said.
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