10 January, 2020
WHO said there was ‘no reason’ to impose travel restrictions or trade restrictions due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China.
24 January, 2020
WHO said it was not yet a global health emergency and “no evidence of human-to-human transmission cases outside of China.” WHO director’s Tedros applauded China for taking strong and effective measures in preventing transmission of the virus.
30 January, 2020
WHO declared COVID-19 to pose a public health emergency of international concern
3 February, 2020
WHO said there was no need for immediate measures to intervene with international travel nor trade. Tedros continued to praise China of managing the epidemic and said they were in a position to stop it, and was impressed by China’s President Xi’s leadership and insights. Tedros asked other nations not to be overreactive and not to believe in rumours, in view of the imposition of evacuation plan and restrictions on China.
6 February, 2020
Tedros said if China concealed information about the epidemic, there would be more people infected.
8 February, 2020
WHO paid tribute to the whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang
16 February, 2020
WHO said there was no need to cancel or relocate the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
18 February, 2020
WHO warned not to be over optimistic even though the number of increasing cases kept declining everyday.
19 February, 2020
WHO claimed there was no social outbreak outside of China
22 February, 2020
WHO warned the chance to suppress the epidemic is decreasing.
Source: Devex, Rfi, Now News, RTHK, CNN, Liberty Times
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