BEIJING: China is strongly indignant at and firmly opposes US stigmatisation by calling the Covid-19 (coronavirus) 'Chinese virus', and urges the United States to correct its mistakes and stop making groundless accusations against China, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday (March 16).
Temperatures are checked by a security guard outside the new China International Exhibition Centre that was converted into a transit centre for screening oversea arrivals in Beijing, on Tuesday . As the pandemic expanded its reach, China is trying to hold their hard-fought gains. China is quarantining new arrivals, who in recent days have accounted for an increasing number of case. - AP
Spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks at a press conference when asked to comment on US President Donald Trump's tweet Monday, in which he called the Covid-19 "Chinese virus". The World Health Organisation and the international community clearly and definitely opposed to stigmatisation by associating the virus with specific countries and regions.
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