Saturday, 25 January 2020

Coronavirus: a complex emergency


The Chinese leaders are deeply concerned with the risks of propagation of the coronavirus. This is a highly infectious disease. It is disrupting the daily lives of millions in China and becoming a major political challenge for the authorities, besides being an extremely complex public health problem. The exceptional measures taken so far cannot last for too long without creating a vast discontentment among the Chinese people, particularly those who live in the most affected region, the Hubei Province. The gravity of the current situation and the fact that it keeps expanding fast explain the attention President Xi and his party’s top bosses are paying to this health emergency.


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