China defends Covid-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks more access
China has shared the most Covid-19 data and research results in the international community, its foreign ministry has said, after the World Health Organization repeated its call for more information and access.
China is also the only country that organised experts to share traceability progress with the WHO on many occasions, Mao Ning, spokesperson at the foreign ministry, told a regular news conference.
In a statement yesterday,the WHO again asked China to share data and access to assist its efforts to understand the origins of Covid-19, the first cases of which were detected in central China five years ago.
According to the WHO, over 760 million Covid-19 cases and 6.9 million deaths have been recorded worldwide. In mid-2023, it declared an end to Covid-19 as a public health emergency but said the disease should be a permanent reminder of the potential for new viruses to emerge with devastating consequences.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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