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BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China denounced the World Health Organisation's (WHO) criticism of the country's zero-tolerance Covid-19 strategy, urging the body's chief to stop making "irresponsible" statements. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian defended the lockdown-dependent Covid Zero approach in response to questions on Wednesday (May 11) about criticism from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Dr Tedros had argued a day earlier that the strategy was no longer sustainable, saying that a "shift would be very important". "We hope the relevant individual will make objective and reasonable views of China's epidemic protocol and policy and try to get a better understanding...