Article 4YYWR Advice for Brits to quit China on coronavirus fears criticised by WHO

Advice for Brits to quit China on coronavirus fears criticised by WHO

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Sarah Boseley Health editor
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It's wrong to say all regions of the Asian country are equally at risk, says body's director general

The UK has been criticised by the World Health Organization's director general for urging all its 30,000 citizens in China to leave the country because of the coronavirus outbreak.

It was wrong to imply that the whole of China had an outbreak on the same scale as that in Wuhan in Hubei province, where it began and where most of the cases and deaths are still occurring, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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