WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said in Geneva that Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Both have discussed ways to protect people in areas affected by the coronavirus. Also, they talked about “possible alternatives” to evacuations by other countries.
Lindmeier added that the Emergency Committee is being “kept in the loop” on the coronavirus outbreak. At this point, WHO hasn’t seen onward human-to-human spread of the virus outside China. He said it’s “good news but of course this could change”.
China’s Xi was quoted by state media, saying: “The virus is a devil and we cannot let the devil hide,” state television quoted Xi as saying. China will strengthen international cooperation and welcomes the WHO participation in virus prevention … We believe that the WHO and international community will give a calm, objective and rational assessment of the virus and China is confident of winning the battle against the virus.”
