China has been transparent about Wuhan outbreak, virus expert Zhong Nanshan says
- Zhong, a pivotal figure in Chinese response to Sars crisis, says involvement of Hong Kong infectious disease expert Yuen Kwok-yung shows Beijing has no secrets
- Yuen has warned that the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan has taken a step closer to a full-blown community epidemic
Chinese officials have been transparent in handling the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and the participation of a Hong Kong professor through the process indicates that Beijing has no secrets to hide, said one of the country’s leading experts on communicable diseases.
Dr Zhong Nanshan, whose team is advising the leadership on how to handle the crisis, told a news conference in Guangzhou on Tuesday that China had not held back information in reporting the outbreak in Wuhan, which has sickened more than 300 people across the country since early December.
Zhong cited the involvement of Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, a top infectious-disease expert at the University of Hong Kong, as proof that Chinese leaders understand the importance of transparency in handling the public health emergency.
