The head of the WHO says China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is known of the disease, in rare public comments on a government's handling of the virus.
Officials from the UN health agency cite concerns over human rights, transmissibility of variantsA person rides a shared bicycle with a cart filled with food items for sale on Tuesday near Beijing's central business district."We don't think that it is sustainable considering the behaviour of the virus," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing.
With that in mind, it is understandable that one of the world's most populous countries would want to take tough measures to curb coronavirus contagion, Ryan said. The city had reported a total of 836 local COVID-19 cases as of 3 p.m. local time Tuesday since April 22, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director at the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, told a news briefing.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Shanghai has been falling for almost two weeks, but remains in the thousands and restrictions are tightening.
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