China defends Covid-19 response but will ‘strive to do better’ Free Malaysia Today (FMT)


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China defends Covid-19 response but will ‘strive to do better’ By - January 19, 2021 6:50 PM A medical worker escorts a coronavirus patient at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP pic) BEIJING: China defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday but said it would “strive to do better” after independent experts criticised the speed of its response to a virus that has now killed more than two million people worldwide. Beijing has faced international criticism for an alleged lack of transparency after the virus emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019...