Top Chinese epidemiologist asks citizens not to touch foreigners to avoid monkeypox, faces backlash

Top Chinese epidemiologist asks citizens not to touch foreigners to avoid monkeypox, faces backlash

A top Chinese health official has warned citizens against having skin contact with foreigners and recent returnees from abroad to avoid contracting monkeypox, triggering a social media backlash for his “racist and discriminatory” remarks. China on Friday reported its first case of monkeypox in Chongqing city after a person who arrived from abroad developed rashes … Read more