"When we know everything about the virus, including how the outbreak started, we can better fight virus ,"" We will send a team to China next week to prepare for it ," Tan said. "
U.S. President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo have said Coronavirus may come from a laboratory in Wuhan, although they have not provided any evidence, which China denies. Scientists say the virus originated in nature.
Trump announced plans to pull the u.s. out WHO, he said WHO was too close to china. The virus, he has repeatedly stressed, originated in china and was called "kung fu flu" in two rally this month, a language the white house had previously said was unacceptable and asian-americans called racist.
When asked about Trump use of the measure, Ryan, WHO Emergency Project Manager, called for "international discourse based on mutual respect ".
He said many people around the world used inappropriate language when referring to the epidemic.
He said that great progress had been made in finding vaccine, but there was no guarantee of success. At the same time, countries must implement existing strategies, such as social alienation and contact tracing.
"Many countries have reduced their virus transmission to very low levels through the implementation of an integrated strategy, but must remain vigilant in order to prevent the emergence sexy mass or small-scale outbreaks. "
** No country has a "no excuse" for not tracking people who are infected .**
Tantesai also said contact tracking was the most important step in fighting the pandemic, and that countries that failed to do so had no excuse.
He said :" Despite some progress in many countries, virus is actually accelerating worldwide. "
"We all want the epidemic to end. We all want to continue our lives. But the stark reality is that the evolution of the epidemic is not even coming to an end ," Tantesse said ." Most people are still vulnerable, virus there is still much room for contagion. "
"There is no excuse for not tracking contacts. If any country says that tracing contacts is difficult, that is an untenable excuse. "
