Coronavirus: WHO official says there’s no evidence of ‘reinfected’ patients in China
- Global health body also criticises the “tit-for-tat” imposition of travel restrictions between Japan and South Korea
- ‘As the European Union, we should not be economically dependent on China in our supply chains to such an extent,’ German health minister says
The World Health Organisation dismissed reports that there were “reinfected” cases of coronavirus in China, as the global toll of people infected neared 100,000 on Friday.
While the focus has shifted from China to Europe’s preparedness for potential community outbreaks of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, Germany has asked the European Union to reduce its economic dependence on China because of supply-chain threats.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) also criticised the “tit-for-tat” imposition of travel restrictions between Japan and South Korea.
On Friday afternoon, the global number of coronavirus cases passed the 100,000 mark. The contagion has killed more than 3,400 people and spread across more than 90 nations, with six countries reporting their first cases on Friday.
“As the number of cases increases we continue to recommend countries to make containment their highest priority,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on Friday.