China has questions to answer for not stopping source of COVID-19 –Trump

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has declared that China has a lot of questions to answer for not stopping the spread of the COVID-19 disease from its source.

Trump who made the remarks on Monday attacked China over its handling of the COVID-19 virus stating that it could have stopped the virus before it spread across the world and that his administration was investigating what happened.

“We’re doing very serious investigations … We are not happy with China,” Trump told the White House media conference. “There are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable. We believe it could have been stopped at source. It could have been stopped quickly and wouldn’t have spread all over the world.”

READ ALSO: Contain your impatience, Johnson tells Britons as he resumes at 10 Downing street

Meanwhile, data provided by the Johns Hopkins University, revealed that the number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus globally has risen to more than three million, and at least 211,000 have died, while some 894,000 people have recovered from the infection.

Also, the United Nations human rights chief has warned that countries flouting the rule of law in the name of fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic risk sparking a “human rights disaster”.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now