Tedros 's congratulation of the Chinese regime for its containment efforts were criticized in The Hill by Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han , who alleged that Tedros , `` after meeting with Xi in January , has helped China to play down the severity , prevalence and scope of the COVID-19 outbreak ''   Given the indisputable spread of the virus worldwide , it is difficult to describe the Chinese effort as containment .
Tedros 's congratulation of the Chinese regime for its containment efforts during the pandemic was criticized by Bradley A. Thayer .