Bahrain praises China for leadership on curbing the coronavirus
By Anwar Alabdulla
The
government and the people of the Kingdom of Bahrain wish to praise the massive
and enlightened response of the Chinese government and its health community in
its efforts to combat the corona virus epidemic.
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The
Chinese government has responded rapidly and transparently to this
unpredictable and tragic epidemic, demonstrating its strong public health
capacities and resources to respond to and manage disease outbreaks.
The
coronavirus is common in many species of animals but rare in human beings,
making such outbreaks unpredictable, and thus the decisive response of China is
even more praiseworthy.
An
unexpected epidemic like the coronavirus is a massive challenge to the local,
national and international community. We laud the leadership and resolute
action of the Chinese health authorities in being the first to post the full
genome of the 2019-nCoV in the genetic sequence databases of the Global
Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data and the US’s GenBank. This action has
greatly accelerated the detection and containment efforts on this virus.
In
parallel, collaboration with the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, many
national and international health organizations and, of course, the Wuhan
people, on effective containment measures and studies of the behavior, severity
and transmission of the virus is a huge undertaking that will prove to be
decisive in this battle.
Bahrain
strongly endorses the sentiments of the Director General of the WHO in praising
the leadership and huge commitment of the Chinese government and people, while
reinforcing that China "needs the world's solidarity and support."
The WHO reassures us all that "the world is pulling together to end the
outbreak, building on lessons learned from past outbreaks”.
In
their current visit to China, the WHO officials have expressed their belief
that the chains of this virus’s transmission can still be interrupted, and this
epidemic will be contained. Bahrain joins the world community in expressing its
appreciation for the decisive and relentless leadership and work to overcome
this tragic epidemic. Bahrain pledges its support and assistance to these noble
efforts.
(Dr. Anwar Alabdulla
is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to China.)
Source:People's
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Bahrain praises China for leadership on curbing the coronavirus
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