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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday he had written to all health ministers urging them immediately to improve data-sharing on coronavirus and said he would send a team of international experts to work with Chinese counterparts, Reuters reports.
So far 22 nations have officially reported trade or travel-related measures linked to the coronavirus, which WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said should be “short in duration, proportionate” and reviewed regularly.
Chen Xu, China’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, told the WHO executive board that some restrictions went against the UN agency’s advice, and he told countries “not to over-react”.
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