China Defends Covid Transparency After WHO’s Call for More Data
Commuters in Shanghai, Jan. 3.
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China said it had been open in sharing coronavirus data with the World Health Organization, countering criticism that it hasn’t provided enough information about the Covid surge within its borders.
“Since Covid began, China has shared information and data with the international community in an open and transparent manner,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a news briefing Thursday in Beijing, citing genome-sequencing data in the early days of the pandemic.