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NEW: The EU didn't consult with member states before agreeing to China's demands to alter an article written in the name of all 27 EU governments buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
As reported yesterday, EU & EU27 ambassadors published an op-ed in China Daily to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China. China's MFA had references to the coronavirus spreading from China removed from the piece
EU was asked today whether member states had been involved. It said it couldn't comment on internal procedures.

Correspondence after the article was published show member states were not consulted: "We regret that pressure of time prevented advance consultation with MS..."
One of the diplomats I spoke to described the EEAS decision to bend to China's demands as "weak".

China’s government has not yet provided an explanation as to why the Chinese version of the altered piece hasn't been published.

Full story: buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
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NEW: The UK's most senior public official — cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill — went to the Cheltenham Festival as the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
The Cabinet Office declined to say whether Sedwill paid for his own tickets or whether he received them as a gift.

On day two of Cheltenham, the WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic. The day after the festival ended, the government started briefing it would ban mass events
Holding the event was of course in line with government guidance at the time.

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NEW: The UK Is Taking Longer Than Other Countries To Process Coronavirus Tests — And That's A Big Problem For Contact Tracing buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
While the UK government publishes an update every day on new positive cases in the previous 24 hours alongside the number of tests carried out in that period, it does not disclose when these new patients were tested
I repeatedly asked the government what the average turnaround was for tests but it it refused to provide an answer that question, and to when, on average, had patients in the daily stats for new cases been tested
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The UK says it will recruit 18,000 people to work on contact tracing by the middle of May but declines to share little else. It won't even say how many have been recruited so far.

So we asked Germany & others how contact tracing works in their countries

buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
The comparison tells a story that is eerily similar to the UK’s approach to testing. As the coronavirus outbreak intensified in March and other countries ramped up capacity, Britain scaled back, and is now scrambling to catch up

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This is also a story about transparency. German health authorities and most states shared data about how many contact tracers work across the country, and answered questions about how the system functions.

The UK government declines to share similar data and answers to questions
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