China berates WHO chief for 'irresponsible' remarks on its zero-Covid policy BOL News


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China berates WHO chief for ‘irresponsible’ remarks on its zero-Covid policy BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry has urged World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to refrain from making “irresponsible” remarks after he stated that China’s zero-Covid policy is unsustainable. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian defended China’s pandemic-fighting measures during a regular news briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, saying China hopes the WHO Director-General can assess China’s Covid policy objectively. “We don’t think it’s sustainable,” Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, “given the virus’s behaviour and what we now expect in the future.” Also Read He had also stated, “This topic...