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China defended its strict “zero-COVID” approach on Wednesday, labeling comments from the World Health Organization (WHO) “irresponsible.”
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the country hopes “relevant people” can view China’s policy of epidemic prevention and control “objectively and rationally,” and refrain from making “irresponsible remarks.”
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“The Chinese government’s policy of epidemic prevention and control can stand the test of history, and our prevention and control measures are scientific and effective,” he told reporters. “China is one of the most successful countries in epidemic prevention and control in the world, which is obvious to all of the international community.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said he was discussing the need for a different approach with Chinese experts.
“When we talk about the ‘zero-COVID,’ we don’t think that it’s sustainable, considering the behavior of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future,” Tedros said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), removes his protective face mask prior to speaking to the media at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 20, 2021.
(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
Mike Ryan, the agency’s emergencies chief, said all pandemic control actions should “show due respect to individual and human rights.”
China’s COVID-19 response in its largest city came under international scrutiny this year as millions were confined to their homes – some without food and critical medicine.
In Shanghai, more than 2 million remain restricted, while authorities had loosened some for most of the other 23 million residents.
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