'We must take current COVID wave from China very, very seriously' - Germany's Baerbock

Record ID: 1705172

  • Title: 'We must take current COVID wave from China very, very seriously' - Germany's Baerbock
  • Date: 4th January 2023
  • Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (JANUARY 4, 2023) (REUTERS) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANNALENA BAERBOCK AND JOÃO GOMES CRAVINHO ARRIVING FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING: “Looking at COVID and China, these too are issues we briefly discussed yesterday. We have very similar views. Our goal is a common European solution. We must take the current COVID wave from China very, very seriously. Since China currently releases hardly any information, not just close European cooperation is important but also the cooperation with the WHO for full transparency on what the situation in China is like right now.” PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING (on UKRAINE): “As bitter as it is, every sign of weakening support means encouraging Putin to carry on. Since we want this war to end with victory for Ukraine, we have to ask ourselves again and again how we can even better help Ukraine protect its citizens and its civil infrastructure.” BAERBOCK AND GOMES CRAVINHO AT NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2023 13:24
  • Keywords: COVID China EU German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock checks measures
  • Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
  • City: LISBON, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: Europe,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001028104012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Germany is aiming for a joint European response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said as European Union government health officials met for talks on Wednesday (January 4).
    "We must take the current COVID wave from China very, very seriously," Baerbock said during a news conference with her Portuguese counterpart in Lisbon.
    Baerbock also called on Ukraine's supporters "to ask ourselves again and again how we can even better help Ukraine protect its citizens and its civil infrastructure.”
    (Production: Miguel Pereira, Michele Sani)
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