Trump defends 'Chinese virus' term, says "it comes from China, it's not racist at all"

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his calling of coronavirus as "Chinese virus", saying term is "t racist" as viral strain originated in China. Trump claimed it was China who first alleged that virus was caused by American army. 

"Because it comes from China, it's t racist at all. It comes from China. I want to be accurate," Trump told reporters at a White House news conference when asked about allegations that use of term "Chinese virus" is racist and it has resulted in attacks on Chinese-Americans in country. "China tried to say...(Coronavirus) was caused by American soldiers. That can't happen. It's t going to happen as long as I'm president. It comes from China," he said.

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Replying to a question, Trump said he is t blaming China for coronavirus, he is only stating fact that it originated re. At same time, he said that China should have been more transparent and forthcoming in sharing information and data related to coronavirus. Early in morning, Trump said he always treated "Chinese virus" very seriously, and have done a very good job from beginning. 

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Over past few days, Trump has increasingly been using term "Chinese virus". "I would like to begin by anuncing some important developments in our war against Chinese virus," he said at beginning of his press conference.

'Money will soon be coming'

As dely coronavirus continues to tighten its grip worldwide and has started impacting businesses to country’s GDP, United States President Donald Trump has assured Americans who are still out of ir homes for work, that “money will be coming” to m. In a tweet on March 18, Trump t only repeated his claim of COVID-19 which originated in Chinese province of Wuhan as “Chinese Virus” but has also said that pathogen’s onslaught is t fault of his country’s citizens. 

In a bid to stem easily spre coronavirus, like governments of many or countries, Trump ministration has also introduced certain precautionary measures such as shutting of schools, colleges, hotels, and bars. However, US President has said that he will “protect” medical security of people and has also declared that he would share “very important” news about COVID-19 or “Chinese Virus” in a conference later today which he has received from FDA. 

(With PTI inputs) 

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