A senior Chinese health official recently warned people on social media not to touch foreigners as the country reported its first case of monkeypox. Wu Zunyou, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s chief epidemiologist, announced that China now has one case that “slipped through the net” despite tight COVID-19 restrictions. Some Weibo users reportedly shared the post, with some supporting his advice and expressing relief for not knowing many non-Chinese nationals. Others questioned the advice and compared it to what Asians experienced at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic.Read Long Article
