Cooperate with Covid origin probe, WHO chief tells China
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origin of the Covid-19 amid renewed calls for further probe.
Tedros made these remarks after taking part in the G7 summit by video conference on Saturday, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
“As you know, we will need cooperation from the Chinese side,” he said. “We need transparency to understand or know or find the origin of this virus...after the report was released there were difficulties in the data sharing, especially in the raw data.”
Meanwhile, a fleet of 60 drones has been deployed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou to keep people indoors and remind those going out to wear masks.
Six new cases were reported in Guangzhou over the previous 24 hours, raising the number in the outbreak to more than 100.
The police-operated drones carry cameras and broadcast messages to people venturing outdoors that they and others are best protected by staying inside. The flying unmanned vehicles add to an already dense layer of monitoring including cellphone health confirmations, temperature checks and quarantines for those living in or travelling to areas where the risk of infection is considered high.
Pakistan has placed strict restrictions on travellers from 26 countries including India to contain the spread of Covid-19 cases in the country.
This comes as Pakistan reported 1,194 new cases and 57 fatalities in the last 24 hours.