(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Russia will send a letter to Western media to refute its wrong report
China News Agency, Moscow, May 13 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) In response to Western media questioning the death rate of the Russian new crown virus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zaharova said on the 13th that he will send a letter to the relevant media to refute its false reports.
Recently, the British "Financial Times" and the "New York Times" published reports that the actual death rate of Russia's new coronavirus is much higher than the official data. Zaharova said that the letter refuting the erroneous report has been prepared and will be transmitted to the above-mentioned media editing department through the Russian embassy in Britain and the United States. In addition, we will send relevant materials to the UN Secretariat as information to fight the epidemic.
Zaharova said that the media's move was to shift the attention of the Western countries to their own problems.
Piskarev, director of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) investigating foreign interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Committee, said on the same day that all collected reporting materials should be checked to ensure that it complies with Russian laws and news ethics. He said that similar publication standards are unacceptable. In the near future, these materials will be sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies to take measures against the relevant reporters, which may deprive them of the qualifications for the most serious interviews.
Piskarev said that many people in the West talk about fake news, but for some reason, materials that are biased against Russia are easy to appear in newspapers.
The Moscow Health Bureau announced that Moscow had conducted autopsy on all persons suspected of dying of the new coronavirus in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Russian Ministry of Health. Therefore, the cause of death recorded in Moscow is very accurate, and the death data is open.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova recently said that the death rate of Russia ’s new coronavirus is lower than one-seventh of the world ’s average mortality rate. On the 12th, Golikova emphasized that this data is true, and Russia has not manipulated the relevant data. (Finish)