China mouthpiece slanders India; slammed for 'Seriously?' claim on New Delhi fruit seller

Under immense criticism globally over its response to Coronavirus which originated in Wuhan, China on Tuesday tried to school India over 'hygiene'. Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) mouthpiece Global Times shared a video on Twitter claiming it to be from East Delhi's Jhilmil, where a fruit seller is allegedly using a "used face mask as a rag".

'Using a used face mask as a rag?'

"Seriously? Using a used face mask as a rag? Video showed a vender cleaning fruits with a mask in East Delhi's Jhilmil area, raising concerns about hygiene in India, which has 2nd highest number of COVID-19 cases globally," mouthpiece said. However, size of "alleged used mask" does t seem to be a mask used by humans given its size. Even netizens are bashing China for talking about 'hygiene'. Some twitter users even compared Chinese propaganda machine to Coronavirus itself. 

'Again FAKE news'

Beijing has insisted source of virus -- which first emerged in Chinese city of Wuhan late last year -- is still unkwn.  According to official numbers, re have been 4,634 deaths in China from Covid-19. government has largely contained outbreak through a serious of strict lockdowns and travel restrictions.

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China passed 'extraordinary & historic' coronavirus test: Xi

Meanwhile, President Xi Jinping on Tuesday at a triumphant awards ceremony for medical professionals decorated with bugle calls and applause said that China has passed "an extraordinary and historic test" with its handling of Coronavirus. Xi doled out gold medals to four "heroes" from medical field in front of hundreds of applauding delegates on Tuesday, all wearing face masks and strikingly large red flower pins.

"We quickly achieved initial success in people's war against coronavirus. We are leading world in ecomic recovery and in fight against COVID-19," he said. 

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