China Defends Record of Sharing 'Timely Updates' on COVID-19 With Other Countries
The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry shot back Thursday against “high-level” U.S. officials it alleges were “stigmatizing China” for the COVID-19 pandemic. Their “slanders” have “triggered strong indignation among the Chinese people,” said a spokesperson. “China firmly opposes and condemns such…
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smears.” President Donald Trump defended calling COVID-19 “the Chinese virus” at a White House briefing Wednesday. The pandemic “comes from China,” said Trump. He also thinks China could have given the U.S. “a lot earlier notice” about the outbreak, he said. The foreign affairs spokesperson responded that China has given “timely updates” to the World Health Organization “and other countries and regions, the U.S. included,” since the pandemic began. China by “international consensus” brought “precious time” to the “global fight against COVID-19.” he said.