The United States should stop politicizing the coronavirus pandemic and focus on defeating the coronavirus and boosting the economy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said on Friday.
Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing after U.S. Defence Secretary, Mark Esper, reportedly said that it is “difficult to believe information from the Communist Party of China’’ and that “they have been misleading the United States and opaque’’.
Lijian said China had taken the most comprehensive, rigorous and thorough prevention and control measures in an open, transparent and responsible way since the coronavirus outbreak and had actively promoted international cooperation on controlling the coronavirus.
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“If the U.S. was misled or lacked sufficient information in the early days, how could the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention issue precautions against the novel coronavirus related disease on Jan. 15?
“Why did the U.S. announce a decision on Jan. 25 to close its consulate in Wuhan and withdraw all its staff?
“Why did it, on Feb. 2, ban the entry of Chinese and other foreign nationals, who had been in China over the last 14 days?’’ Lijian asked.
Smearing China cannot help the U.S. side to cover up facts and shifting blame cannot drive the coronavirus away, Lijian said, noting that the international community could only win the battle against the pandemic through concerted efforts.
“We urge the U.S. side to focus more on defeating the virus and boosting the economy at an early date,’’ he said.
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