US President Joe Biden concerned about China’s handling of COVID-19

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The United States is concerned about China’s handling of COVID-19, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday and noted that Beijing is not that forthcoming. “Well, yes, I am,” Biden told reporters when asked if he was concerned about the COVID-19 situation in China. The US along with India and several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China.

“I think we just got to make the protocol we set out: that if you’re flying from China, you got to be tested, and so on,” he said. “China has not been…I know they’re very sensitive…when we suggest they haven’t been that forthcoming,” Biden said in response to a question.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that when Covid is spreading anywhere, but especially in a country as populous and as large as China, of course there is the potential for variants to emerge. “We have seen variants emerge apparently from other regions of the world that have ultimately reached the United States,” he said.