Published 15:20 IST, February 5th 2020
'US, China working closely against coronavirus outbreak', says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump again claimed that his administration is working closely with the Chinese government to help fight the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
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US President Donald Trump again claimed that his ministration is working closely with Chinese government to help fight dely coronavirus outbreak. Speaking at his third State of Union ress, Trump said that protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases and his ministration is taking all necessary steps to safeguard US citizens from threat coronavirus.
“We are coordinating with Chinese government and working closely toger on coronavirus outbreak in China,” said Trump during dress.
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Similar claims dismissed by China
Trump h me similar claims in past which was aggressively dismissed by China and latter also blamed United States for creating unnecessary panic. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) compared number of countries affected by coronavirus against or major viruses. ministry tweeted data to show that 20 countries reported cases of coronavirus while 214 countries h reported cases of H1N1 virus killing around 3 lakh people.
ministry said that H1N1 was started in US and y me little effort to contain spre of disease. It said that thought infection killed 2,84,500 people worldwide, western media never mentioned that H1N1 is an American Pandemic virus.
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In a series of tweets, MFA spokesperson said that y understand reasonable quarantine measures following vice of World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Health Regulations (IHR) based on science and facts but oppose excessive measures that “unnecessarily interfere” with international travel.
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Following anuncement of global health emergency by WHO, US Department of State h ordered departure of all family members under 21 of government officials in China. United States raised travel alert to level 4 vising all its citizens to t travel to China.
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15:20 IST, February 5th 2020