According to Reuters, the Sino-U.S. Verbal war has escalated, and a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that it may be the U.S. military that brought the Coronavirus in Wuhan. A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told on Thursday that coronavirus may have been brought to Wuhan, China by the U.S. military, intensifying the battle between China and the United States. Wuhan was the hardest hit area of the epidemic. U.S. officials have accused China of being slow to respond to the virus outbreak that first appeared in Wuhan late last year and are not transparent enough. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction.
U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Wednesday that China did not respond well to the outbreak of the new crown at the outset, which could delay the global response by two months; the world could have done in two months. Be prepared and greatly limit the severity of the outbreak. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the U.S. military may be bringing the coronavirus to Wuhan, the Chinese city most affected by the epidemic.
Reuters according to Zhao Lijian tweeted, “When did patient zero appear in the United States? How many people were infected? What is the name of the hospital? It may be that the U.S. military has brought the epidemic to Wuhan. The United States needs to be transparent! The data must be public! The United States owes us an explanation! “Zhao Lijian did not provide any evidence to prove his point that the US military may be responsible for the outbreak in China.
Earlier on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said when asked about O’Brien’s remarks, we hope that individual US officials will focus on responding to the epidemic and promoting cooperation at this time, rather than “throw the pot”, “Putting blame” on the Chinese government and people’s anti-epidemic efforts. This approach is neither moral nor irresponsible, and it does nothing to prevent or control the outbreak in the United States. Geng Shuang added, “The official in the United States said that the United States and the international community have lagged in responding to the epidemic, and the responsibility lies with China. The international community’s opinion is that China’s speed of action is large and its scale is rare. China’s scale and China’s efficiency. It is precisely because of China’s strong prevention and control measures and the huge sacrifices made by the Chinese people that it has effectively prevented the spread of the epidemic to other countries in the world and has given precious time for the international community to fight the epidemic. “We urge individual U.S. officials to respect objective facts and international public opinion. Instead of spending time on attacking and discrediting people, it is better to spend time on responding to epidemics and strengthening cooperation.”
According to Reuters, the new coronavirus appeared in Wuhan and Hubei provinces in December last year, and so far about two-thirds of cases worldwide have been found in these areas. But in recent weeks, the vast majority of new cases have occurred outside China. Relevant Chinese authorities took stringent measures in January and February, including almost completely closing Hubei Province to prevent outbreaks like Wuhan in other Chinese cities and slowing the spread of the epidemic overseas.
The Trump administration noted that it had made a decision at the end of January to restrict air travel from China to fend off criticism that it was too slow to respond to the outbreak. Critics say Trump downplayed the severity of the outbreak in public and that the federal government has been slow to launch tests.
According to O’Brien, “Unfortunately, the outbreak in Wuhan was not covered by the best response, but was covered up,” O’Brien said in a think tank, citing Chinese citizens regarding doctors being asked to remain silent or It was isolated, “so that viral messages could not be transmitted.” “This is likely to cause the international community to respond two months later,” during which two months “we could have largely suppressed what is happening in China and currently around the world.” According to O’Brien “We responded very well to this, but … China did not handle it right the first time.”
According to statistics, more than 130,000 people worldwide have been infected with this new coronavirus and more than 4,700 people have died, the vast majority of which are in China. There are 1,264 confirmed cases and 36 deaths in the United States.