US and China diplomatic row over COVID-19 deepens

The diplomatic row between China and the United States over the role of the World Health Organisation, WHO, continues to escalate.

China’s foreign ministry has accused the Trump administration of attacking who as a means of diverting attention from its own mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.

Donald Trump said the organisation had shown an alarming lack of independence from China.

In Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian told newsmen that the US was trying to smear China in order to avoid its own responsibilities.