By Aaron Miller-
U.S President Donald Trump has sparked anger with the Chinese government after referring to the coronavirus as “Chinese”.
A foreign ministry spokesman reacted angrily to the reference by president Trump, warning the U.S to take care of its own business” before stigmatising China. Trump’s tweet follows news that the first cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. Over 170,000 cases of the coronavirus has been recorded worldwide, with more than 80,000 in China.
Beijing today said it had recorded just one new case caught in China, with all other new cases brought into the country.Hong Kong will put all visitors under quarantine starting midnight on March 19 to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus, chief executive Carrie Lam said at a press briefing.
China’s National Health Commission said as of Monday, there were 21 new confirmed cases. Of those, 20 of them were attributed to travellers from overseas.
The total number of cases in China stands at 80,881, of which 68,679 were cured and 3,226 people died.