The United States fears that the rapid spread of the new coronavirus in China could lead to new mutations of the virus. China continues to grapple with the effects of the “zero-corona” policy easing that contained the outbreak.
In a press conference on the 19th, State Department spokeswoman Price said: “We hope that action will be taken on the current epidemic situation in China.” We know it can be a threat to people in the region,” she said.
China has claimed for years that it has dealt with the coronavirus better than the West, but cities are seeing waves of the epidemic and the government is not hiding the true death toll. Police and security guards evacuated journalists from a crematorium in Beijing on Monday.to excludedone.
A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Price’s remarks.
A medical staff carries a patient to a fever clinic in Shanghai, December 19.
Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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