zh-cn	4月19日，《星期日邮报》刊登中国驻英国大使馆批驳该报有关中国抗疫成果错误言论的信函。
en-us	On 19 April, the Mail on Sunday published a letter from the Chinese Embassy in the UK on the newspaper’s unjustified comments on effectiveness of China’s fight against COVID-19. 

zh-cn	全文如下：
en-us	The full text is as follows:

zh-cn	上周，贵报刊登的文章捕风捉影、凭空揣测、恶意诽谤，甚至同被中国政府依法取缔的邪教组织“法轮功”分子同流合污，抹黑中国抗疫成果，破坏中国形象，损害中国信誉，严重违背新闻媒体的职业操守。
en-us	Last week, The Mail on Sunday carried an article which made groundless accusations, speculations and vicious slanders against China. It even quoted claims from a member of an outlawed cult to discredit China’s effective work in fighting Covid-19 and defame China’s image and reputation. This constitutes a serious breach of the professional ethics of journalism. 

zh-cn	我们对此表示严重不满。我们想谈几点看法。
en-us	We strongly deplore it. We would like to make the following comments.

zh-cn	第一、中国政府始终把人民群众生命安全和身体健康放在第一位，
en-us	First, the Chinese government always regards people’s lives and health as the top priority.

zh-cn	疫情暴发后，采取了最全面、最彻底、最严格的防控举措，取得了成效。
en-us	Since the outbreak, the government has put in place the strictest, most thorough and most comprehensive containment measures, which have proved to be effective.

zh-cn	正如世卫组织所说，中国采取的防控措施是最具勇气、最灵活和最积极的，改变了疫情快速扩散流行的危险进程，减少了数十万病例的发生。
en-us	As the World Health Organisation says, China has taken the most courageous, most flexible and most active prevention and control measures, which altered the dangerous course of the virus’s quick spread and prevented hundreds of thousands of infections nationwide.

zh-cn	第二、中国政府本着公开、透明和高度负责任的精神分享疫情信息，疫情暴发初期即开始每天公布有关数据。
en-us	Second, China has been releasing information related to the epidemic in the most open, transparent and responsible manner, publicising relevant data since the early days of the outbreak.

zh-cn	最近，武汉市本着实事求是的态度，订正了有关确诊病例数和确诊病例死亡数。
en-us	Recently, following standard epidemiological practice, the authorities in Wuhan revisited the cases and made revision to the number of confirmed cases and fatalities on a factual basis.

zh-cn	对流行性传染病数据进行订正也是国际通行做法。
en-us	Data revision in the case of highly infectious diseases is a common international practice.

zh-cn	疫情早期，由于收治能力不足、少数医疗机构未能及时与疾病预防控制信息系统对接，
en-us	At the early stage of an epidemic, a small number of medical facilities might be overwhelmed with a flood of new cases and might not be promptly linked up with the disease prevention and control data collection system.

zh-cn	医院超负荷运转，医务人员忙于救治，客观上存在一些迟报、漏报、误报现象，
en-us	At the same time, preoccupation with saving lives during the most challenging times of the epidemic could result in an inadvertent delay in reporting, under-reporting or misreporting at some facilities.

zh-cn	但从不存在瞒报，也不允许瞒报。
en-us	But there has never been any cover-up, nor was a cover-up ever allowed to happen.

zh-cn	死亡病例较少，正好印证了我们的防控措施十分有效。
en-us	The relatively low Covid-19 death toll in China proves that the containment measures are effective.

zh-cn	中国严格的防控措施，大幅降低了传染率和死亡率。
en-us	The strict lockdown measures have effectively slowed down the spread of the virus and minimised the cases of infection.

zh-cn	武汉殡仪馆在疫情期间关闭了两个月，现在发放的骨灰盒中包括这部分逝者的骨灰。
en-us	Regarding reports of people in Wuhan queuing to collect urns, this was because funeral parlours were closed from January 23 to March 23. Urns of those who died of other causes in the past two months are also being delivered now.

zh-cn	第三，湖北解除离汉离鄂通道管控、武汉“解封”，标志着中国疫情控制取得了重大阶段性成果，用事实证明疫情可防、可控、可治。
en-us	The lifting of outbound travel restrictions in Hubei province and Wuhan symbolises an initial victory against the virus and proves that the disease is preventable, controllable and curable.

zh-cn	当然，武汉“解封”不等于我们“解防”。
en-us	Certainly, the reopening of Wuhan doesn’t mean that China is lowering its guard.

zh-cn	中国政府始终保持警惕，内防反弹，外防输入，精准做好疫情防控工作。
en-us	The Chinese government remains vigilant against imported cases and a domestic resurgence of Covid-19 and is taking targeted measures to contain it.

zh-cn	同时，统筹抓好经济社会发展工作，推进复工复产，确保人员流动有序畅通。
en-us	At the same time it is getting the economy back on track, reopening factories and ensuring unimpeded travel within the country.

zh-cn	发生于3月下旬的湖北、江西两省省界居民冲突事件已获解决，进行炒作毫无意义。
en-us	The incident that happened on the border between Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in late March was already resolved. It makes no sense hyping up something that is no longer an issue.

zh-cn	当前中英正携手合作抗疫，我们正在与英国人民一道共克时艰。
en-us	Currently, China is standing together with the UK in the global fight against Covid-19. Our people are joining hands to overcome the current difficulties.

zh-cn	值此关键时刻，媒体应该传播更多促进相互理解与合作的积极信号，而不是无端煽动反华情绪，毒化中英合作氛围。
en-us	At this critical moment, the media should send out positive signals to promote mutual understanding and co-operation, instead of whipping up anti-China sentiments and poisoning the atmosphere of China-UK co-operation.