China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a press briefing when responding to the United States official’s repeated stigmatizing of China in the name of the disease. “Navarro is a habitual liar and rumormonger who has been spreading a ‘political virus’ to stigmatize China under the pretext of the pandemic,” Zhao said. According to Zhao, Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, temporarily suspended outbound transportation on January 23, when there was only one confirmed case in the US. “When we look at the United States, we couldn’t help but ask what and how the United States has done, and when it will stop shifting the blame to others,” he said. “Navarro should first answer the MSNBC host’s question why the new disease count in the United States is so much higher than anywhere else in the world,” Zhao said.

Source: Manila Times July 07, 2020 16:42 UTC