BEIJING 6 Apr (ANA) - China's top infectious disease expert Zhong Nanshan has urged Western countries to impose 'real lockdowns' to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Zhong, who has been leading China's efforts to fight the disease, was speaking to state media as he expressed his disapproval of the confinement measures adopted by Europe and the United States.

The 83-year-old epidemiologist said: 'As I heard from some of the foreign countries that [officials have] locked down the city, but inside the city people, in particular young people, still join together attending parties or some banquets or meetings. 

'It doesn't work. It's not a lockdown.'(ANA)

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