China rebuffs WHO criticism of its Zero COVID policy berates Tedros The Week


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By K J M Varma (Eds: Updating with fresh details. quotes) Beijing, May 11 (PTI) China on Wednesday scampered to censor WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' sharp criticism of its much-touted dynamic zero COVID policy as unsustainable, while the foreign ministry curtly told him to refrain from making "irresponsible remarks". "We hope the relevant individual will take an objective and reasonable view of China's epidemic protocol and policy and try to get a better understanding of the facts and refrain from making irresponsible remarks," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here answering a spate of questions on...