China deserves credit for virus fight
The rights to life and health are among the most fundamental human rights. Sparing no efforts to save lives from being ravaged by COVID-19, China has shown its steadfast commitment to protecting human rights.
Protecting and saving lives is the primary responsibility of any government and the best manifestation of human rights protection. China has made all-out efforts to safeguard the lives and health of its people and taken the strictest measures to curb the spread of the disease.
China takes no chances when dealing with a virus about which humanity still knows very little.
On January 23, China put Wuhan, a metropolis of over 10 million people, on lockdown, a drastic measure labeled as 鈥渧iolating human rights鈥 by some Western politicians. However, it has proven to be one of the most important decisions in the global fight.
Mobilizing the power of the whole country to contain the disease, racing around the clock to build two large new hospitals in just over two weeks in Wuhan, taking care of each and every patient at all costs, China has sought to cure as many patients as possible and does all it can to reduce mortality.
鈥楶rotection network鈥
China is going all out to guard against and manage even sporadic new cases. At the ongoing annual sessions of the national legislature and top political advisory body, discussions are on for forging a 鈥減rotection network鈥 for public health.
Meanwhile, a few US politicians are wielding the batons of bills, investigations or ludicrous lawsuits against China as if they valued lives more than others. The truth is they are either afraid of being held accountable for failures in protecting their own people or simply want to throw mud at others.
If the United States had begun locking down cities and limiting social contact on March 1, two weeks earlier than the time when most Americans started staying at home, about 83 percent of its deaths would have been avoided, according to estimates by Columbia University disease modelers.
So far, the confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States have exceeded 1.6 million, and the death toll is well on its way to 100,000.
The glaring contrast between the two major countries makes people wonder: Who is the better upholder of human rights?
(Xinhua)
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