CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEOn Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweeted that the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan. Chinese officials have also pushed back on the expression "Wuhan coronavirus" -- saying the name used frequently by U.S. conservative commentators unfairly stigmatizes the world's most populous country. In December, when the coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, many media around the world began referring to it as the "Wuhan virus." Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, has frequently used the term "Wuhan virus" on the Senate floor. Earlier this week, several social media users took House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to task when he referred to it as "the Chinese coronavirus."

Source: Fox News March 12, 2020 12:33 UTC