COVID-19: China risks 'good relations' with UK as Boris Johnson faces pressure from allies

Call for a rethink of relationship with China is growing loud in United Kingdom after reports surfaced that Communist country may have downplayed  official statistics. According to reports, allies of Prime Minister Boris Johnson have asked for an urgent reckoning of relationship with China over misinformation surrounding pandemic. China is facing a lot of heat from global community over lack of transparency in data related to coronavirus outbreak. 

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China facing criticism 

United States h also alleged that China may have misreported number of coronavirus cases in country and also accused World Health Organisation (WHO) of favoritism and siding with Beijing over crisis. United Kingdom is latest country to join bandwagon against China. According to reports, a senior minister in Boris Johnson government has said that if China does t clamp down on its 'wet' seafood markets, it risks becoming a pariah state. 

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Media reports suggest that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city of Hubei province, which was hotspot for disease for a very long time before shifting its base to Europe. As per reports, senior minister said that China's wildlife markets have always been viewed as a hub for pandemics and it needs to close immediately. 

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short of medical equipment in United Kingdom is also being blamed on China as reports suggest that leers of Communist country bulk-bought face masks and or protective units that were kept for export. According to reports, JSP, a UK safety equipment firm's factories were taken over by Chinese government to make respiratory protection equipment. 

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Boris Johnson is most likely to face pressure from groups to reverse plans to allow Huawei, a Chinese telecommunication giant, to build UK's 5G network. If official data from Chinese government is to be believed, country has contained COVID-19 outbreak as it recorded just 45 cases on March 28, down from 54 previous day.