当地时间18日，世界卫生组织在日内瓦总部召开新冠肺炎发布会。世卫组织卫生紧急项目负责人迈克尔·瑞安回应特朗普称新冠病毒为“中国病毒”时说：病毒没有国界，不区分种族肤色和财富。

"Viruses know no borders and they don't care about your ethnicity, the color of your skin or how much money you have in the bank. "

据美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）、美国政治网站（Politico）等外媒报道，瑞安表示，在语言使用上要小心，我们应避免把病毒同个人联系在一起。"So it's really important we be careful in the language we use lest it lead to the profiling of individuals associated with the virus," Dr. Mike Ryan, the executive director of WHO's emergencies program, said at a news conference Wednesday.

瑞安说，“这是需要避免的。我相信任何人都会后悔把病毒同种族联系在一起”。"This is something we need to all avoid. I'm sure anyone would regret profiling a virus along ethnic lines."

“2009年（H1N1）流感大流行是始于北美，我们也没把它称作北美流感。”因此，他呼吁，现在是需要事实并团结合作抗击病毒的时刻，而不是责怪谁。“The pandemic influenza of 2009 originated in North America. We didn’t call it the North American flu,” Ryan observed. 

"This is a time for solidarity, this is a time for facts, this is a time to move forward together, to fight this virus together," he said

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