WHO regional official lauds China for making controof coravi

　　 MANILA,,WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)RegionalDirectorfortheWesternPacific,praisedChinaforfocusingitseffortsonhowtobringthenovelcoronavirus(2019-nCoV)outbreakundercontrol."Chinasdecisiontodateclearlyshowsthattheyaremakingcontroloftheoutbreakatoppriority,"KasaitweetedonWednesday."Makingdecisionsduringinfectiousdiseaseoutbreaksiscomplexdifficult,"hetweeted."Itrequirescarefullybalancinginterventionstocontroldiseasespread,thepotentialimpactsoftheinterventions,,"headded."IwouldreallyliketoappreciatethepeopleofChina,especiallyhealthcareworkerscaringforsickpatients,andtheChineseauthoritiesfortheirbesteffortstocontrolthisoutbreak,""willcontinuetoworkcloselywithChina,aswellaskeepothercountriesandthepublicinformedaboutwhatweknow,andwhatwedontknow.""Wewillalsocontinuetoprovidesupporttocountriestostepuptheirpreparationandresponsecapacities,"Kasaiadded.。