The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a lengthy article today refuting what it described as 24 "irrational allegations" made by some prominent American politicians regarding Beijing's handling of the emerging corona virus.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry article is located on thirty pages and includes 11 thousand words. The ministry published it on its website, and it includes a compilation and detail of what the ministry mentioned in its press statements in the past period, which was marked by American accusations that China was responsible for the outbreak of the pandemic.
Below we will mention half of these false allegations, according to the characterization of Beijing, which are the most serious and controversial between Washington and Beijing.
1- Corona virus is the Chinese virus or Wuhan virus: Beijing responds that the World Health Organization recommends not to associate the name of any infectious disease with a specific country or region.
2- Wuhan is the cradle of the spread of the Corona pandemic: The Chinese Foreign Ministry says that although the city in the center of the country appeared to have the first infection, its origin is unknown until now, which is under consideration and must be decided by scientists and health experts only based on scientific facts.
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3- The new Corona virus was manufactured at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan: Beijing responds by saying that all evidence available to date indicates that the virus appeared naturally, not human-made.
4- Corona virus emerged as a result of an accidental leak from the Wuhan Virus Science Institute: The Chinese Foreign Ministry says that Laboratory No. 4 is a collaborative project with the French government, and it does not have the capabilities to design and manufacture the “Covid 19” virus, and there is no evidence of any virus leakage from the aforementioned laboratory Or that one of its employees got sick.
5- China could contain the spread of the pandemic outside Wuhan, but it left the virus spreading in the world by not stopping international flights to and from China: Beijing denies this, saying it has implemented the most precautionary measures and possible control measures to prevent a large spread of the virus outside Wuhan, and adds that statistics show that The number of cases worldwide due to China remains small.
6- The Chinese were infected with the Corona virus because they ate bats: Beijing responded by saying that this animal was never on the list of Chinese cooking ingredients.
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7- China has reopened the wild animal market in Wuhan and must close this market immediately: the Foreign Ministry refutes this by saying that the country does not have a wildlife market and that it prohibits any hunting or illegal trade of non-domestic animals.
8- China has hidden information about the spread of the virus in order to allow transmission of infection to other countries of the world: Beijing says that the virus is a new type of corona virus, which required time to know what it is, and the Chinese authorities have published all the information related to it in a transparent and responsible manner.
9 - Chinese authorities arrested doctor Li Wen Liang, who was the first to be alerted to the danger of the new virus in Wuhan : Beijing replied that Doctor Lee had not been alerted to this danger, and had not arrested him.
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10- Beijing deliberately delayed the world’s warning of the new virus from person to person, which led to misleading countries around the extent and speed of infection of the new disease, and thus lost all other countries to take countermeasures early : The Chinese Foreign Ministry says it was telling the World Health Organization (WHO) firsthand about the seriousness of the virus Thus, America had to be aware of the seriousness of the new disease.
11- China's statistics on the pandemic in its territories are not transparent. The true figures for confirmed cases of injury and death exceed at least 50 times the figures officially announced : Beijing responds by saying that it was publishing the numbers in all its details in a transparent manner.
12- Beijing’s review of the numbers of people injured and dead as a result of corona in Wuhan in recent weeks shows that the authorities were hiding the true numbers of disease victims in the first stage of its spread : the Foreign Ministry responded in the negative and indicated that reviewing the data is a recognized international practice, and demonstrated that China was dealing in an open and transparent manner It is responsible for recording injury and death statistics.