WHO chief says 'Division & hate isn't the way to defeat Covid' amid US & China erraticism

Amid 'Cold war'-like situation between US and China concerning COVID-19 response of latter, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros ham Ghebreyesus has reiterated that division and hatred will t help in defeating COVID-19. His remark comes even as Donald Trump has continued using 'Chinese virus' to refer to Covid and a cornered China has taken to territorial belligerence in response. 

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tweet by WHO chief seemingly comes in light of United States President Donald Trump's continued attack on China. Trump has held China responsible for Covid-19 deaths in United States and worldwide. He has also terminated US membership of WHO for its failure to anticipate severity of pandemic, and also to carry out reforms, chiefly cutting dependence on China. US has also discontinued its funding to WHO while Trump has gone to extent of calling WHO chief a 'puppet of China'.

US President Trump has also questioned as to how virus which originated from Wuhan did t spre across China but has spre across entire world, raising suspicion on China's discreet nature of withholding information on severity of virus and also t implementing protocols to restrict virus in its own country and t allowing it to spre across world.

China in retaliation h also tried to float conspiracy ory of accusing US military of starting COVID-19 outbreak.

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Besides, over 123 countries have appealed for conducting an enquiry on origin of COVID-19, which China begrudgingly accepted.   

United States, till date, remains worst affected country due to COVID-19. According to Worldometers, over 2.33 million COVID-19 infections have been reported in United States till date, of which over 121,000 have succumbed to virus. Over 8.9 million have been infected across world with over 466,000 fatalities worldwide.