China`s handling of coronavirus is a diplomatic challenge for WHO
(The Guardian China)

Beijing´s draconian measures to contain outbreak have delayed global transmissionThe World Health Organization is having to perform a diplomatic balancing act over the new coronavirus outbreak, caught between China - whose draconian measures to contain the disease have delayed transmission to the rest of the world -and China´s critics, who say its behaviour is typical of its disregard for human rights.At every press briefing, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has defended China´s handling of the epidemic in the face of critical questions, very often from US journalists. At the end of January, when Tedros declared a public health emergency of international concern - having put it off a week earlier under what was assumed to be pressure from Beijing - he praised China for protecting the rest of the world. Related: Senior Wuhan doctor dies from coronavirus as authorities start to `round up` patients Continue reading...