Xi says China has achieved 'positive' virus control results
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FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi jinping speaks during a meeting with Tedros Adhanom, director general of the World Health Organization, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, January 28, 2020. Naohiko Hatta/Pool via REUTERS
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has achieved "positive" results in its prevention and control efforts in fighting the new coronavirus, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia's King Salman by telephone, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.
The two discussed "efforts to combat and control the novel coronavirus epidemic", the report said.
China has declared a "people's war" on the virus and the whole nation is working as one to combat it, Xi said.
"China has a strong mobilisation capacity, rich experience in responding to public health incidents and is confident and capable of winning the battle for epidemic prevention and control," the report paraphrased him as saying.
China hopes countries respect and understand the World Health Organization's guidance on travel, Xi said.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that "unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade" in trying to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
China will continue to take an open and transparent approach towards dealing with the virus, Xi added.
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Toby Chopra and Nick Macfie)
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