TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump has indicated a climb down on the use of “Chinese Virus” due to the origin of the deadly coronavirus, which has antagonised Beijing and several lawmakers and rights bodies. Last week, President Trump said that China is responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus and called the COVID-19 as the “Chinese Virus”.
He insisted the term was accurate because the virus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan. “I don’t have to say if they (Chinese) feel so strongly about it. We will see, Trump told reporters at the White House ahead of his call with President Xi Jinping of China.
At the same time, he defended the use of the term for the deadly coronavirus, saying that it originated from China. The virus that first emerged in China’s Wuhan city in the Hubei province in December last year has spread to 175 countries, infected 531,860 people and has claimed 24,057 lives.
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