Coronavirus: Travel restrictions on China fuelling 'panic', says ambassador to EU

BRUSSELS - Travel restrictions imposed on China over its virus outbreak are only fuelling"panic" and threatening attempts to resume business, the country's ambassador to the EU warned on Tuesday .

"WHO does not recommend travel or trade restrictions on China. Such restrictions would add to panic and disrupt the containment efforts." "The epidemic will not change the positive prospects of the Chinese economy in the long term, the huge market demand offered by the 1.4 billion Chinese consumers, nor China's commitment to reform and opening up. There is no need for global investors to worry too much."

The quarantine of tens of millions of Chinese had been"effective," he said, adding:"What we have been doing is protecting the most fundamental human right: the right to life."

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