Trump casts doubt on Chinese coronavirus figures

Medical staff wearing protective clothing to protect against the deadly Covid-19 virus in Wuhan. / AFP / HECTOR RETAMALPresident Donald Trump cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up.Trump insisted that “the relationship with China’s a good one” and that he remained close to President Xi Jinping.

China’s reporting has been intentionally incomplete, with some intelligence officials describing Beijing’s numbers as fake, reported Bloomberg, which highlighted the classified intelligence document sent to the White House last week. Asked about the report at a press briefing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying didn’t directly address it or Trump’s comments, but said that “to slander, to discredit, to blame others or to shift responsibility cannot make up the time that has been lost.”

In a statement responding to the report, Michael McCaul, top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said China is “not a trustworthy partner” in the fight against COVID-19.

Trump shouldn’t be competing about ppl who are being infected in his country and other countries. This is not a boxing match. His job should be about reducing the infections and finding long lasting solutions to the problems.

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