WASHINGTON, March 20 — The United States and China today took their growing clash over the coronavirus pandemic to social media, with Beijing telling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo he was “lying through (his) teeth.” In an interview on Fox News, Pompeo said Beijing “wasted valuable days”...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington March 17, 2020. — Reuters pic
In an interview on Fox News, Pompeo said Beijing “wasted valuable days” after identifying the novel coronavirus by letting “hundreds of thousands” leave the epicentre of Wuhan to places including Italy, which has surpassed China as the country with the highest death toll. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying voiced anger on Twitter, writing in English: “Stop lying through your teeth!”
She said that China first told the United States of the novel coronavirus outbreak on January 3, with the State Department alerting Americans in Wuhan on January 15.State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus replied: “By January 3, Chinese authorities had already ordered #COVID19 virus samples destroyed, silenced Wuhan doctors, and censored public concerns online.
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