Interés Humano

China demoró información clave sobre genoma del coronavirus

Las autoridades retuvieron la divulgación de detalles muy necesarios para la OMS, revela una investigación de la agencia de noticias AP

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind the scenes, there were significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over the lack of outbreak data, The Associated Press has found. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind the scenes, there were significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over the lack of outbreak data, The Associated Press has found. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP, File) Naohiko Hatta
El director general de la OMS,Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (izquierda), se reunió con el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, el 28 de enero del 2020 en Pekín. AP El director general de la OMS,Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (izquierda), se reunió con el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, el 28 de enero del 2020 en Pekín. (Naohiko Hatta/AP)

Ginebra. Durante el mes de enero, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) elogió públicamente a China por lo que describió como una rápida respuesta al nuevo coronavirus, y agradeció al gobierno de Pekín que compartiera “de inmediato” el genoma del virus.

Pero en realidad, las autoridades chinas demoraron la entrega del mapa genético del virus durante más de una semana después de que varios laboratorios del gobierno lo hubieran descifrado, reteniendo detalles cruciales para diseñar pruebas, fármacos y vacunas.

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