translated from Spanish: [VIDEO] Chinese diplomat targets U.S. Army as potential cause of COVID-19

Through his official Twitter account, the spokesman for the information department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, released thick darts towards the United States, sharing a video with part of the statement by Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before the U.S. Congressional Committee on March 11. In his statement Redfield confessed to a highly complex fact, which is that some influenza deaths in the U.S. were later identified as cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Despite this, the health official avoided going into detail, such as the number of people killed, although it is known that previous figures for influenza deaths had drawn attention by their high number in contrast to previous years. But beyond the omission of this important information by Us health services Zhao went further, and through his Twitter account even targeted the U.S. Army as potentially responsible for the pandemic affecting Balloon. Specifically, the Chinese Foreign Ministry official wrote: “The CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero start in the U.S.? How many people are infected? What hospitals? It may have been the U.S. military that brought the epidemic to Wuhan. The U.S. owes us an explanation!” Meanwhile, yesterday, Geng Shuang, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to which the information department – of which he is a spokesman Zhao Lijian – said that “varied opinions” on the origin of the virus in the international community, and that “China always sees this as a scientific issue, which must be addressed scientifically and professionally,” avoiding deepening direct accusations against the US. But it’s not the first time In that line CNN in Spanish reported that 10 days ago, on March 4, Zhao had pointed out in a press conference that “no conclusion has yet been reached about the origin of the virus”, and that Chinese scientists are still tracking where it comes from , similar to what happened on February 27, when prominent Chinese infectious disease expert Zhong Nanshan noted that “The infection was first detected in China, but the virus may not have originated in China.” Similarly, China’s ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian, said on Twitter on March 8 that although the first epidemic was recorded in China, it does not mean that the virus “originated in China.” It should be noted that conservative sectors in the United States have starred in a campaign to call COVID-19 as “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus,” in what some analysts interpret as a maneuver to aim for external responsibility to reduce the damage to the Trump administration that has caused its own handling of the pandemic. But beyond the cross-accusations, Geng Shuang, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated that “We do not expect anyone to solve this problem to stigmatize other countries” and that “With COVID-19 becoming a pandemic, the world should come together to fight it rather than launch accusations and attacks on each other, which is not constructive at all.” Here’s Zhao Lijian’s tweet:

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