Urge not to be frivolous: what China could hide in Wuhan

V. Andriukaitis, who currently acts as Special Envoy of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe, assured that until now only investigations are being carried out on the possible origin of the virus.

“One should appreciate the World Health Assembly meeting that took place a few weeks ago. It presented an interim report on coronaviruses around the world.” It raises many additional questions, both about the response from member countries and about what’s out there. what to do, what theories could justify the spread of the virus from certain wild animals to humans, “he said on the show.

According to V. Andriukaitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not interfere with political evaluations.

“It was decided that a large group of experts will be formed in the future to answer those questions. There were several statements in the same assembly, they are more political in nature, but the WHO decouples from any political statement,” said V. Andriukaitis.

The representative of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Fatherland (TS-LKD) in Seimas L. Kasčiūnas mentioned all the mistakes made by China in the program.

“We probably all understand by now that the WHO is not a ‘holy cow.’ There are problems there, you will also need to find out how you reacted to the situation. There have certainly been many independent studies in various western states. At a time when the virus was in At its peak in Wuhan, China, local authorities agreed that the virus was not transmitted from person to person. ” Delphi day remembered conservative L. Kasčiūnas.

At the same time, the politician assured that “very serious information” had been withheld for a long time.

“Even more interesting, it was possible to see how the security services were sent with the voice of freedom, which was trying to penetrate through social networks, by several doctors who said that the situation was very serious. Several studies show things Very interesting. If the Wuhan virus outbreak had been responded to at least a week earlier, the disease could have been controlled by approximately 66 percent, if three weeks earlier, even 95 percent could have controlled that outbreak, “he said L. Kasčiūnas on the show.

“Naturally, we are talking about an authoritarian state that hides information,” said the MP.

No need to panic

V. Andriukaitis, in response to L. Kasčiūnas’ statements, called for all available data to be put on the table and assessed the parliamentarian’s position as “politicization”.

“It was the beginning when a doctor diagnosed the virus, and China’s reaction was, so to speak, probably very far from the country due to the same fact. (…) As far as I know, China has acknowledged that it has not denied this mistake by itself. And unfortunately, everything else … It is necessary to have an investigation that moves away from both social networks and certain political fields that use this tool, “said V. Andriukaitis.

He reiterated, as in February, that there was no need to panic.

“The coronavirus pandemic continues. There can be no reassurance, but it is not worth causing panic, there is no need to persuade fears,” said V. Andriukaitis, who participated in the program.

He said he did not question the data provided by the WHO on the situation of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide.

“I can say with great responsibility that the data published by the WHO at intervals of a few days is verified, there is no doubt about it and there is no reason to do so,” he said.

“Mask diplomacy”

L. Kasčiūnas on the show Delphi day He urged not to be frivolous in the hope that China would take responsibility if investigations indicated that the response to the pandemic was too late.

“It would be very frivolous to expect China to take responsibility, certainly it will not. Clearly, there is international law, you can talk about the search for justice. But there is no global legal mechanism, nor the so-called pandemic court. (… ) In an ordinary court, China should agree to sue, which is highly questionable, “said the MP.

He said he saw several targets that China was pursuing through the pandemic.

“We have to be with the United States, China will try to take advantage of the entire pandemic, it can be called ‘mask diplomacy’. Attempts are being made to become a semi-savior of such a pathogen, as was the case when European countries began to receive humanitarian aid with very useful messages. “Where are your main strategic objectives is the concept of the global Silk Road, as well as the telecommunications sector, 5G connectivity,” he said.