By Xinhua Writers Sun Yi and Cheng Xin
BEIJING, April 9 -- The COVID-19 pandemic is raging worldwide. At such a critical moment, some Western critics have neglected to concentrate their efforts on the epidemic fight. On the contrary, they keep pointing fingers at China, which has progressively curbed the virus' further spread domestically owing to its efforts and sacrifices.
Facts speak louder than words. Xinhua reporters hereby piece together some of China's anti-virus actions to make the truth better known to the public.
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The ravaging pandemic is a major test for all countries. Faced with the novel coronavirus, people can only look for solutions through constant exploration and experimentation.
China's responsible actions can be considered to have sent early warning signals to the world. China acted at the earliest possible time to report the outbreak to the World Health Organization (WHO), share the genome sequence of the virus with the rest of the world, and engage in international cooperation.
Photo taken on April 7, 2020 shows a press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council in Beijing, capital of China. World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in China Gauden Galea expressed gratitude to nurses on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 at the press conference. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Since the outbreak, the Chinese government has released information about the epidemic in a timely, open and transparent manner, and actively responded to concerns of all sides.
China's regular sharing of information about the outbreak with the WHO, relevant countries and regions and China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan began on Jan. 3, 2020. Also starting Jan. 3, China began to inform the United States of the outbreak and response measures on a regular basis.
On Jan. 11, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention uploaded five whole genome sequences of the novel coronavirus on its website and shared data with the world.
And under China's joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, a press conference has been held every day since Jan. 27.
