Attacks on WHO and China continue
Instead of taking more stringent measures to limit the spread of viral infection in the country, Japanese officials launch campaign to condemn China and World Health Organization (TRAIN) for allegedly concealing epidemic data.
Japanese Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso is especially active in this., part-time adviser to the organizing committee of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He accused WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) at “Inability to protect global public health” and "The pursuit of Chinese interests to the detriment of peace". Aso mockingly proposed renaming WHO from the World Organization to China, and Margaret Chen accused the previous director of WHO of, she, being a citizen of China, was passive during outbreaks of swine flu and Ebola.
News portal News-Asia, commenting on the accusations of the Japanese official, He writes: “WHO for some reason did not start to sound the alarm, when the highly contagious virus left the country (China) in the end of January, and Hubei, "Small homeland" of coronavirus, started to introduce restrictions, like the city of Wuhan, where he was first identified. The decision to change the classification of the threat level of the virus to very high in China ... and high at the global level was made only six days after, as coronavirus recorded in other large countries, except for the PRC. At that time, the number of countries, where he was found outside of mainland China, exceeded 20, and the number of virus deaths in China, according to official data, - for 100. A pandemic was recognized only two months later: in March 2020 of the year, when the virus was found in more than 100 countries, the number of infected has reached over 100 thousand, and officially dead - almost 4 thousand. human".
News-Asia emphasizes, that the USA is now taking the brunt of the epidemic. There is infected 400 thousands of people, dead 12 893 man. So far, few have recovered: a little more 22 thousand. The publication notes, what's in the US and in Europe, trapped by infection, recklessly relied on WHO recommendations, although in America they tried to show, what china could "Artificially underestimate the mortality rate from the disease, to little by little to advance my political interests (?! – A.K.) all over the world".
Beijing strongly rejected such allegations. The authorities of China after the first outbreaks of infection did not hide data on the nature of the spread of the disease and the number of infected, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Beijing in January informed the world about the spread of COVID-19. “Regarding assessments of the international epidemiological situation, the authority in this matter remains with WHO and epidemiologists, not for politicians, spreading lies, - said Chunying.
However, in the West they do not stop writing about the “Chinese trace”. British Daily Mail in the material of Yan Birrell, "Poisonous footman of China," he accused the head of WHO of, what he “Puts people at risk, meaninglessly repeating a Chinese lie ... ". Daily Mail, referring to the words of Hebraeusus about, China “Set a new world standard in the fight against an outbreak” and "Bought time for the rest of the world", spreads speculation about "Special relationship" Gebreyusus with China. "Expositions" Daily Mail as outlined News-Asia come down to the following:
“Beijing and Addis Ababa are long-standing allies in a number of areas: from humanitarian cooperation to the aerospace industry. Hebraeusus held high posts under Meles Zenawi, who controlled a brutal dictatorship and had close ties with Beijing. Beijing admired Ethiopia's authoritarian model. Hebreysus led WHO after Margaret Cheng, despite the scandal at home during his tenure as Minister of Health of Ethiopia in the period from 2005 by 2012 year. The UN at this time recognized, that Ethiopia has made a breakthrough towards sustainable development goals: medical services became more accessible to the population, HIV cases, tuberculosis and malaria decreased by 60-90%… However, Gebreyesus was implicated in corruption scandals.. Besides, he is accused of concealing three outbreaks of cholera in his homeland during the administration of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health. Despite this, he led the WHO. Among those who voted for his candidacy were representatives of developing countries, quite dependent on China ... "
Explaining the "bold and loud" accusation of Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Aso, Ian Birrell writes, that unlike other countries, Japan turned out to be independent in this respect: «…Aso's cause of anger is an incident, nine days ago (in late March), which revealed the degree of WHO’s admiration for China and its incorrect coordination in the prompt global response to a serious threat to public health. This was attended by Bruce Aylward, Canadian doctor and Assistant Director-General of WHO, who led the WHO mission, arrived in Chinese Wuhan, where did the outbreak of the virus, and who played a leading role, speaking in the media. Aylward extolled China's "harsh reaction" to the virus, claiming, that “the government has good support for citizens” and that if he had COVID-19, then he would like to be treated in China ... ".
Not having, what to counter the estimates of really effective methods of combating the virus in China, British tabloid author convinces, what's in this country “Lock people in houses by welding their doors”. And at the same time, he accuses the PRC authorities of, what are they “Prohibit families from having more than one child, control 1,4 billion citizens through a sophisticated surveillance system, kill believers, to transplant their organs, and lock up Muslim minorities in infernal prisoner of war camps ”.
Evaluation of the measures of the Chinese government to organize not very ineffective, in Europe, USA or Japan, and highly effective quarantine to prevent the explosive spread of infection in the British Daily Mail no. Although in the UK they just had the opportunity to make sure, what are calls for almost consciously getting infected, in order to get sick and gain immunity.
The soft version of the “emergency regime” announced recently in Japan will not yield results. Japanese government, likely, will have to tighten it. In this regard, I would like to once again support the measures taken in Russia to prevent the spread of infection, including the use of the experience of friendly China.
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Anatoly Koshkin
