Beijing calls on Washington to share health information about its new Omicron mutant

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Today, China asked the United States to share domestic information and data on the coronavirus pandemic in a timely, open and transparent manner, and to take into consideration the rapid spread of the new Omicron XPP1.5 submutation.

Xinhua quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying at a press conference today: According to the open source Corona virus data that is provided, through the global initiative to share all influenza data, we see that almost all Corona variants and their variants spread in the United States within three years. years into the first wave of the outbreak, noting that the United States is one of the countries with the largest number of coronavirus variants.

Wang considered that the Omicron XBB 1.5 mutant has become the fastest spreading in the United States, as it is estimated that it accounts for more than 40 percent of coronavirus cases in the country.

Wang called on the US side to share domestic virus information and data with the World Health Organization and the international community in a timely, open and transparent manner, and take effective measures to prevent the virus from spreading further.

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