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The Chinese government and the WHO also downplayed growing concerns about whether the disease could be transmitted readily between humans. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on January 14, Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit, was quoted by Reuters as saying there had been “limited human-to-human transmission” in Wuhan. 中国政府和世卫组织还淡化了人们对这种疾病是否可以在人类之间轻易传播的日益增长的担忧。路透社援引世卫组织新兴疾病股代理负责人Maria Van Kerkhove于1月14日在日内瓦举行的新闻发布会上表示，武汉“人际传播有限”。