(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Tan Desai responded to US accusations: please isolate the epidemic from politics
China News Agency, Brussels, April 8th, Geneva: WHO Director-General Tan Desai responded to US President Trump's accusations against WHO on the 8th, saying that in the face of the current severe situation, using the epidemic to carry out political attacks is like playing with fire , "Please isolate the epidemic from politics."
Tan Desai made the above statement at the regular press conference held at the WHO headquarters in Geneva that day. On the 7th, Trump publicly accused WHO of responding to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, favored other countries, and threatened that the United States would suspend payment of its dues to WHO.
Tan Desai emphasized that the new coronavirus is a dangerous and deadly new virus. It is as contagious as the flu, but it is more deadly than the flu. There are many unknown factors. The focus should be on fighting the epidemic.
Tan Desai said several times that the epidemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths and brought millions of confirmed cases. When "the country and the international community have cracks, the virus will succeed", causing more deaths.
To this end, he made two suggestions. One is national unity. It should transcend a series of differences between parties, religious beliefs, and ideologies, and work together to fight the epidemic. Otherwise, the virus will take advantage of these differences and use these differences to defeat humanity.
He warned that national unity is very important for defeating the virus. Without unity, even if you have a better health system, you will be in trouble, so "do n’t use the epidemic to carry out political attacks ... This is not a political thing to use, it is like playing with fire. ".
"Please do not politicize the epidemic. If you want to be used by the virus, if you want to see more body bags, then do it; if you don't want to, you should keep the virus away from politics and isolate the outbreak from politics." Tan Desai Say.
The second is global solidarity. Tan Desai said that at present, the G20 should unite and cooperate to lead the international community to fight the epidemic in a frank manner, instead of wasting time to blame each other. "Unity is the only way to defeat the virus. If there is no unity, please make the worst plan." .
Answering a question from a British media reporter at the press conference, Tan Desai also called on the media of some countries to pay attention to their role, not to "fuel the fire" for the politicization of the epidemic, but to mobilize the international community to fight the common enemy new pneumonia. (Finish)