Truth in China's pandemic battle smashes absurd US allegations
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E-mail Xinhua, May 11, 2020
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With the most comprehensive, rigorous and thorough measures taken by the Chinese government within the shortest possible time, the number of infections in China was reduced by more than 700,000.
Having effectively broken the chain of transmission domestically, it is no surprise that very few cases were exported from China, the country with the largest populations and where COVID-19 cases were earliest found.
Wuhan, the earliest epicenter of COVID-19, was put under lockdown between Jan. 23 and April 8. So it was impossible for Wuhan residents to travel overseas during this period of time.
Two days after Wuhan was put under lockdown, 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of China activated the highest-level disease response. Starting from Jan. 24, 42,000 medical workers from across the country rallying in over 330 medical teams set out to the front line in Hubei province.
With massive human and material resources being polled in, two makeshift hospitals, accommodating 1,000 and 1,600 beds respectively, were constructed in 10 and 15 days. Meanwhile, a total of 16 mobile hospitals were put in place to accommodate over 13,000 patients.
In Wuhan, over 44,500 primary-level Party officials were sent to 13,800 residential communities, building up a strong line of defense against the virus. Social distancing measures have been supported and strictly observed nationwide, effectively curbing the spread of the virus.
Regarding the suspected cases and close contacts, they have been placed under quarantine at designated places to stem further spread of the virus.
The high speed and massive scale of China's response have been rarely seen in the world, demonstrating China's speed, scale and efficiency, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that China's experience is worth learning for other countries,
This explains why China's nationwide infection rate has stayed relatively low and refutes the claim that "China spreads the virus to the rest of the world."
-- In the United States, the New York Times cited U.S. research that most New York coronavirus cases did not come from Asia.
-- In Canada, data from its major provinces show that the virus was brought into the country by U.S. visitors.
-- In France, research found that the virus strain circulating locally is of unknown origin.
-- In Singapore, cases imported from China were less than one-tenth of those from other countries.
-- In Japan, researchers believed that the strain confirmed in the country since early March was not from China.
-- In Russia, none of the imported cases was from China.
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