China envoy to UK on outbreak, Johnson-Xi call

Chinese Ambassor to UK Liu Xiaoming mitted on Tuesday that outbreak of a new virus will have an impact on Chinese ecomy.

Speaking to UK brocaster Sky News, Liu said travel restrictions imposed due to newly identified of coronavirus were also hitting Britain's tourism industry.

But he stressed negative impact would only be "short-term and temporary".

Liu hoped UK would soon change its Foreign Office vice urging its nationals to leave China as his country's measures to contain virus were "making progress".

ambassor also said Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson h a "good conversation" in a phone call earlier on Tuesday.