China Claims To Be The "Victim" Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
In an interview with CNBC (US), Chinese Deputy
Foreign Minister Le Yucheng affirmed that the country was "frank and
open" as well as supporting professional exchanges between
scientists. Mr. Le objected to "baseless" allegations and an
international investigation into China.
Regarding the publication of the epidemic data, Mr. Le
asserted that China did not hide anything. Conversely, some countries have
said that COVID-19 is just a regular flu and that it is the countries that have
"covered" the information.
"China is a victim, not an accomplice of
COVID-19," asserted China's Deputy Foreign Ministry. Mr. Le called
the claim for China an "absurd political antics", claiming the claim
had no legal basis.
The statement of the Chinese Foreign Minister was made in
the context of a series of countries around the world such as the US, Germany
and Australia calling for China to be transparent and open an investigation
into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Recently, Sweden also announced that it is planning to ask
the European Union (EU) to find out the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even some European and American organizations and US states
have filed lawsuits against China, accusing Beijing of hiding the
epidemic. The parties requested the world's second largest economy to pay
damages.
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