Missouri sues China alleging it 'lied to the world' about the danger posed by the coronavirus when it first emerged in late 2019. Chinese officials have dismissed the lawsuit as 'absurd.'
" the coronavirus crisis, specifically the initial outbreak in China.
On Wednesday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters that the Missouri suit was without any factual or legal basis. "These so-called lawsuits are purely malicious abuses," China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters. "Such abuses are not conducive to epidemic prevention and control in the United States, and also run counter to the current international anti-epidemic cooperation," he said, adding that the U.S. should"dismiss the indiscriminate lawsuit."
has consistently maintained that its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, along with its sharing of scientific material with international bodies including the World Health Organization, has bought the world time to fight the virus.
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