Coronavirus outbreak: Jinping calls for law-based epidemic prevention and control

As coronavirus death toll nears 500, Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly called for strong legislative measures and greater judicial and law enforcement efforts to strengn capacity to carry out law-based epidemic prevention and control. government must report information on virus outbreak in a timely manner and authorities must prevent epidemic from spreing, China’s news ncy quoted Jinping.

Jinping furr ded that government will crack down on rumour-mongering related to coronavirus. China’s President has been ticeably absent from public view since outbreak of dely coronavirus which has been declared as a global health emergency by World Health Organisation (WHO).

Experts on China’s politics have reportedly claimed that Communist Party wants to shield President Jinping from brunt of public outr. propaganda apparatus has been trying to divert focus from Jinping and make or officials of Wuhan as fall guys. According to media reports, Beijing may throw Chinese Premier Li Keqiang under bus since he has been majorly sidelined in recent years. 

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'An emergency for China'

Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Tedros ham Ghebreyesus briefed executive board members on coronavirus outbreak. Calling it ‘first and foremost an emergency for China’, Ghebreyesus underlined that 99 per cent of cases were in China while 97 per cent of deaths reported were in Hubei province.

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WHO Director-General said that y continue to work closely with Chinese government to support its efforts to dress outbreak at epicentre. He ded that a global research meeting will be convened next week to identify research priorities in all areas, from identifying source of virus to developing vaccines and rapeutics, of coronavirus outbreak.

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(With inputs from ncies)