WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Donald Trump on Friday (April 17) said China's real death toll from coronavirus was 'far higher,' even after officials issued a new count sharply raising the number of dead in Wuhan, where the pandemic began.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday said China's real death toll from coronavirus was"far higher," even after officials issued a new count sharply raising the number of dead in Wuhan, where the pandemic began.
"China has just announced a doubling in the number of their deaths from the Invisible Enemy. It is far higher than that and far higher than the US, not even close!" Trump tweeted. He appeared to be referring to Wuhan's abrupt increase in the death toll by 50 per cent, though not"doubling," as Trump claimed.Officials said they had added 1,290 deaths to the tally in the city, which has suffered the vast majority of China's officially recognised fatalities from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
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