Posted on 01/10/2023 7:24:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The director of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said Tuesday that the agency sees “no immediate threat” for the European region from a COVID-19 outbreak in China, but more information is needed.
China is battling a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions.
Hans Kluge said that, based on the information WHO had received from china, there was no threat, but more detailed and regular information was required from China to monitor the evolving situation.
“We cannot be complacent,” he added.
“We do acknowledge that a number of countries, based on the precautionary principle, are implementing some measures,” the WHO Europe director said.
“It is not unreasonable for countries to take precautionary measures to protect their populations while we are waiting more detailed information that is shared in publicly accessible databases,” he said. Any measure should be “rooted in science, ... proportionate and non discriminatory.”
Catherine Smallwood, the World Health Organization’s Europe COVID-19 incident manager, added that “we should not be blindsided at any point by an exclusive focus on one particular geographic area.”
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WHO wants to declare another pandemic — can’t get there without global travel, unabated.
If it’s infectious, then the threat is immediate, regardless of proclamations to the contrary.
He might be right.
If people are indeed dropping like flies in China, it might be due to their vaxxes.
The Euroweenies said the same thing three years ago. That ended well.
So, there’s an immediate covid threat from China.
Giv ‘em a day or two.
I’ll bet somebody is working out the verbiage which will justify another flatten-the-curve odyssey.
I thought all Chinese wear Masks
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