Trump said he is not happy with
China where the pandemic emerged in December last year in the central Chinese
city of Wuhan.
US President Donald
Trump on Sunday said his government wants to send a team of experts inside
China to investigate coronavirus, a day after he warned Beijing of consequences
if it was knowingly responsible for the spread of Covid-19 which has killed over
41,000 in America.
Describing the coronavirus as a plague, Trump, during his White House news conference on Sunday, said that he is not happy with China where the pandemic emerged in December last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
"We spoke to
them (Chinese) a long time ago about going in. We want to go in. We want to see
what's going on. And we weren't exactly invited, I can tell you that," the
President told reporters.
"I was very
happy with the (trade) deal (with China), very happy with everything and then
we found out about the plague and since we found out about that I'm not
happy," he said.
The US has
launched an investigation into whether the deadly virus "escaped"
from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
He has repeatedly
expressed disappointment over China's handling of the coronavirus disease,
alleged non-transparency and initial non-cooperation from Beijing with
Washington on dealing with the crisis.
Based on an
investigation, we are going to find out, Trump told reporters.
A day earlier, he
warned China that it should face consequences if it was "knowingly
responsible" for the spread of the novel coronavirus, upping the ante on
Beijing over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump also claimed
that the US has carried out more tests than 10 other countries, including
India, taken together.
Trump asserted on
Sunday that the US continued to make steady progress in its war against the
coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and the country had tested 4.18-million people.
"That's a record anywhere in the world," he said.
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