The State Department on Friday summoned the Chinese ambassador after a spokesperson with China’s foreign ministry suggested the U.S. military might have brought coronavirus to Wuhan -- where the outbreak first emerged last year. A senior State official told Fox News that Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell called in Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai over China’s “blatant, global” disinformation campaign on the novel coronavirus. CHINA HINTS AT DENYING AMERICANS LIFE-SAVING CORONAVIRUS DRUGSIt's unclear whether other statements might have been discussed at the meeting. But it comes after foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian wrote on Twitter: “When did patient zero begin in US? Days earlier, China’s ambassador to South Africa also downplayed his country’s role in the pandemic.

Source: Fox News March 13, 2020 16:07 UTC