They have also referred to the virus as the “Wuhan virus” or the “Chinese virus,” disregarding World Health Organization terminology that avoids identifying it by geography. ADOn Wednesday, Trump again defended linking the virus to China just hours after repeatedly calling the virus the “Chinese Virus” on Twitter. It comes from China,” Trump told reporters. AD“We know that the first government to be aware of the Wuhan virus was the Chinese government,” Pompeo told reporters. “Recently, some American politicians have linked the new coronavirus with China to stigmatize China.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2020 04:18 UTC