The World Health Organisation (WHO) is stressing the importance of testing for coronavirus in what seems to be a thinly-veiled dig at the UK.
At a press conference on Monday, the organisation said there has been a rapid escalation in the number of cases diagnosed across the world in recent weeks.
Director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the only way to get the pandemic under control is for testing to become widely available for anyone who fears they may have the virus.
He says the response from many governments to the crisis has been insufficient and must be stepped up immediately to prevent many more people getting sick and potentially dying. "You cannot fight a fire while blindfolded," he said.
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