Published 21:07 IST, May 1st 2020
US contemplating retaliatory measures against China for poor handling of COVID outbreak
US officials from different agencies are scheduled to meet on May 1 to decided on a strategy to take retaliatory measures against China for its poor handling.
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US officials from different ncies are scheduled to meet on May 1 to decided on a strategy to take retaliatory measures against China for its poor handling of coronavirus outbreak. international community, including US President Donald Trump, has accused China of t handling initial outbreak effectively and slammed World Health Organisation (WHO) for siding with Communist state.
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According to reports, US officials are contemplating stripping China of its 'sovereign immunity' and are aiming to enable US government or victims to sue East Asian country for dams. George Soria, a former top executive in Trump ministration, who is one of men behind chalking strategy to hold China accountable. Donald Trump also indicated on May 1 that US is looking at options to take retaliatory measures against China.
On April 27, Donald Trump h said that United States will be going to seek hundreds of billions of dollars in dams from China, ding that he is considering ditional measures to punish Beijing.
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Donald Trump on Thursday also said that United States has evidence to prove that virus actually originated from a lab in China, ding fuel to rumours that have been doing rounds since outbreak. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrisson and his government have also called for an independent inquiry into China's handling of disease outbreak. Chinese foreign ministry while responding to Canberra's demand issued threat of 'ecomic coercion' as it enjoys status of Australia's largest tring partner.
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Coronavirus outbreak
virus outbreak that started in China's Wuhan city spre across continents in just one month forcing World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare it a pandemic. Health experts believe that coronavirus originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. According to data by worldometer, over 3.33 million people have been infected by disease globally, of which 2,35,000 have lost ir lives.
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(Im Credit: AP)
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21:07 IST, May 1st 2020