WHO says prepare for local outbreaks of coronavirus; China slams U.S. measures
That declaration “flipped the switch,” from a cautious attitude to recommending governments prepare for the possibility that the virus might spread, said the WHO representative in Beijing, Gauden Galea. Most cases reported so far have been people who visited China or their family members.
China criticized the U.S. controls, which it said contradicted the WHO’s appeal to avoid travel bans, and “unfriendly comments” that Beijing was failing to cooperate. “Others are not allowed to go out except for medical treatment, to do epidemic prevention and control work or to work in supermarkets and pharmacies,” it said in an announcement.China’s increasingly drastic anti-disease measures started with the Jan. 23 suspension of plane, bus and train links to Wuhan, an industrial center of 11 million people. The lockdown has spread to surrounding cities.to postpone the return of hundreds of millions of workers to factories and offices.
Beginning Sunday, the United States will direct flights from China to one of seven major airports where passengers can be screened.suspended all flights between the United States and China
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