The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been trying to portray itself as the world leader in directing the global battle against the novel coronavirus. Recently the Global Times, a media under the CCP’s mouthpiece People’s Daily, published an article that criticized Sweden for being irresponsible in controlling the virus.
The article said that, on March 12, Sweden decided not to test patients with mild symptoms or suspected patients for the coronavirus infection since it is impossible to stop the spread of the virus in Sweden anyway. Instead, the government will focus its limited resources on medical staff and hospitalized patients who have a higher risk or have a severe condition.
The Global Times’ article called Sweden, “the first European country that surrendered to the coronavirus. Its latest policy is highly irresponsible, whether to protect the health of the Swedish people or coordinate the global battle against the pandemic.”
“Sweden’s action is to be an ostrich (to bury its head in the sand as if nothing has happened).”
“Carrying out this decision will severely violate humanity’s principles. It is shocking to see it happen in a developed European country that advertises “democracy” and ‘human rights.’”
“The international community, especially the European Union should vigorously condemn Sweden’s surrendering to the virus.”
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Excerpt in Chinese:
瑞典官方12日决定停止对新冠肺炎确诊病例的统计，该国也将不再对轻症患者和疑似患者进行检测。斯德哥尔摩的一名官员表示，已经没有可能阻止新冠疫情在瑞典的传播。该国公共卫生局则称，将把有限的资源用于医护人员、已住院患者等高危人群。
瑞典是第一个向新冠肺炎疫情公开举手投降的欧洲国家，该国的这一最新政策无论对保护瑞典民众的健康还是对协同全球抗疫都是高度不负责任的。
瑞典在没有尝试开展进一步防控动员的情况下，直接放弃了对疫情的全面抵抗，把抗疫战线缩小到医院的狭小部分，只保入院的患者和医护人员，将社会上的疫情几乎置于放任自流的状态，这是对防疫规律的严重背离。
瑞典这是要做鸵鸟，如此下去疫情势必要在瑞典社会进一步暴发，必须住院的重症病人日益增多，该国的医疗体系将受到更加难以承受的压力。
推行这样的决定严重违反人道主义原则，它会在一个标榜“民主”“人权”的欧洲发达国家率先发生，足以让人震惊。
瑞典这样做还是对全球抗疫的拆台和放水，它意味着瑞典将是一个新冠疫情不受限制肆虐、绝大部分病例将失去流行病学追踪的国家。瑞典将成为国际抗疫中的黑洞，成为病毒积蓄力量并向其他地区发动攻击的温床。
国际社会尤其是欧盟应当严厉谴责瑞典向病毒的缴械投降。如果瑞典的做法被接受，那么世界本就脆弱的抗疫战线将进一步断裂、塌陷，长期后果将不堪设想。
Source: Global Times, March 13, 2020
https://opinion.huanqiu.com/article/9CaKrnKpTyx