(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Chinese Ambassador to Germany: The United States uses conspiracy theory to divert its attention to its own response to failure
China News Agency, Berlin, May 9 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Ken recently accepted an exclusive interview with the German "Der Spiegel" weekly, refuting the accusation that China has concealed the epidemic from the public, and said that the US side transferred it to it by "conspiracy theory". The sight of coping with the failure.
Wu Ken stated that China is the first country to confront this unknown virus. Some Western media falsely accused China of concealing the outbreak. In fact, China has never concealed the outbreak of the epidemic, nor allowed any form of concealment. China's early response was fast and transparent, and it took less than four weeks from the official investigation to the closure of Wuhan. On December 27, 2019, the Chinese official received the hospital ’s first report of an unexplained pneumonia case and immediately conducted an epidemiological investigation. It notified WHO on December 31, confirmed the pathogen on January 8, and announced it to the international community on December 12. The complete genetic sequence of the virus was notified to the public on the 20th to confirm that there was a person-to-person transmission. Two days later, an unprecedented decision was made to close the city of 10 million people.
"If the Chinese government has concealment, why did it inform WHO only four days after being notified of the reported case? Even Trump's tweet on January 24 clearly appreciated China's transparency. In the early days of the outbreak, some countries claimed the new crown Pneumonia is 'just flu', I think this is the real concealment of the epidemic. "Wu Ken said that some people now turn back to criticize China for responding to the epidemic earlier and faster, reminding me of a German proverb," Human The smartest afterwards. "
He said that China is the first country to be hit by the epidemic. The new coronavirus is a virus unknown to humans, and there is no ready-made script for how to respond. In the first half of January, the scientific community's understanding of the new coronavirus is still at a very preliminary stage, and no responsible country will act rashly without fully grasping solid scientific evidence. In Europe, even the need to wear masks was discussed for 3 months. Judging whether a new disease is passed from person to person requires a large amount of epidemiological investigation data and strict scientific argumentation. It takes time to draw rigorous scientific conclusions, and we cannot use today ’s conclusions to demand scientific researchers at the time. What's more, after drawing firm conclusions from person to person, the Chinese government immediately took firm and powerful measures for prevention and control.
Wu Ken pointed out that for some time, some American politicians have fabricated "conspiracy theories" about China, aiming to divert their attention and shirk their responsibility for improper epidemic prevention. Many well-known medical and virological experts from WHO and the world believe that there is no evidence that the new coronavirus is produced in the laboratory. The question of the origin of the virus should be answered by scientists rather than politicians. Dr. Dash Yak, a well-known infectious disease scientist and chairman of the Ecological Health Alliance who has cooperated with the Wuhan Virus Institute for many years, has repeatedly stated that the claim that the new coronavirus leaked from the laboratory of the Wuhan Virus Institute is unfounded. "I would like to emphasize that the biosafety laboratory of the Wuhan Virus Institute is the first P4 laboratory in China, and its security level is consistent with that of the Robert Koch Institute ’s Wedding laboratory in Berlin. leakage."
Speaking of the prospects for Sino-US relations, Wu Ken said that we always believe that cooperation is the only correct choice for China and the United States. Because history has proven many times that Sino-US cooperation will benefit both sides, and fighting will hurt both. We have good reasons to maintain good relations with the United States, but this must be based on mutual respect and cooperation, and both parties must work together for this. In the current epidemic, as the world's largest economy and a major country with important international influence, both China and the United States must remain sober and discern right and wrong, and treat other countries or other races as scapegoats for political motives, incitement to racism and xenophobia Said no. Because such words and deeds will not only seriously undermine our current efforts to cooperate against the epidemic, but will also intensify mutual suspicion and even confrontation, pushing the people of both sides into danger and even affecting the world. "I want to emphasize again that China is not the enemy of the United States. The enemy of the United States is the new crown virus. At present, the United States should not make a mistake in shooting targets." (End)