BEIJING: China's "incredibly difficult measures" in tackling the coronavirus that emerged late last year has probably prevented hundreds of thousands of cases in the country, the head of a visiting World Health Organization (WHO) delegation said, urging the rest of the world to learn the lesson of acting fast.
Bruce Aylward, speaking at a joint press briefing with officials from China's National Health Commission (NHC), said multiple data sources supported the general downward trend in the number infections being reported by the commission despite some statistical issues observed in recent weeks.
"The world is in your debt," Aylward said in Beijing, addressing the people of Wuhan. "The people of that city have gone through an extraordinary period and they're still going through it."