China Calls West’s Covid Data Criticism ‘Political Interference’
- U.S. and U.K. have expressed concern over WHO access
- China says ‘high degree of cooperation’ with expert team
WHO team members arrive at Tianhe International Airport as the depart Wuhan, China, on Feb. 10.
Photographer: Hector Retamel/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s foreign ministry pushed back on criticism from the U.S. and U.K. over data sharing and access for World Health Organization experts, saying Beijing had cooperated with its team during a Covid-19 fact-finding trip to Wuhan.
“This is yet another case in point of political interference in science,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a briefing on Thursday in response to a question on the criticism.