Azar offered China a team from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to help with the growing coronavirus outbreak, but China has not yet accepted.
China’s death toll has risen to 106 and has over 4,600 reported cases of infection. Azar said in a Tuesday press conference that he spoke with China’s minister of health Ma Xiaowei and repeated the offer to send a CDC team, which he said was first extended January 6, 2020. 1月6号提出提供帮助
“We are urging China that more cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response,” said Azar. U.S. health officials want more samples of the virus from infected people, Azar said, to increase understanding of how it is transmitted and to help develop vaccines and tests to detect it. 要求提供更多病毒样品以找出传播机制，同时帮助研发相关疫苗 The CDC told travelers Monday to avoid all nonessential travel to China, and as of Tuesday, health officials have not enacted further restrictions, but indicated they are an option. Hong Kong announced earlier on Tuesday that it restricted travel to mainland China by closing cross-border railways and ferry services and limiting flights.
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China spurned CDC offer to send team to help contain coronavirus: US Health Secretary
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Azar offered China a team from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to help with the growing coronavirus outbreak, but China has not yet accepted.
China’s death toll has risen to 106 and has over 4,600 reported cases of infection.
Azar said in a Tuesday press conference that he spoke with China’s minister of health Ma Xiaowei and repeated the offer to send a CDC team, which he said was first extended January 6, 2020.
1月6号提出提供帮助
“We are urging China that more cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response,” said Azar.
U.S. health officials want more samples of the virus from infected people, Azar said, to increase understanding of how it is transmitted and to help develop vaccines and tests to detect it.
要求提供更多病毒样品以找出传播机制，同时帮助研发相关疫苗
The CDC told travelers Monday to avoid all nonessential travel to China, and as of Tuesday, health officials have not enacted further restrictions, but indicated they are an option.
Hong Kong announced earlier on Tuesday that it restricted travel to mainland China by closing cross-border railways and ferry services and limiting flights.