China Blasts WHO Chief’s Covid Zero Criticism as ‘Irresponsible’
Chinese defended the lockdown-dependent Covid Zero approach in response to questions about criticism from WHO Director-General.
(Bloomberg) -- China denounced the World Health Organization’s criticism of the country’s zero-tolerance Covid 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 Wednesday about criticism from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 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 of the facts and refrain from making irresponsible remarks,” Zhao told reporters at a regular briefing in Beijing.
More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com
©2022 Bloomberg L.P.