Trump blames China and WHO for spread of coronavirus pandemic
In his speech to UN General Assembly, the US President Donald Trump said that the United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions.
“Seventy-five years after the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations, we are once again engaged in a great global struggle. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy — the China virus — which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries,” Trump said.
He claimed that three vaccines are in the final stage of clinical trials and they will be delivered immediately upon arrival.
“In the earliest days of the virus, China locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave China and infect the world. China condemned my travel ban on their country, even as they cancelled domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes. The Chinese government and the World Health Organization — which is virtually controlled by China — falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Later, they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease.”
He also blamed China for dumping millions of tons of plastic and trash into the oceans, overfishing other countries’ waters, destroying vast swaths of coral reef, and emitting more toxic mercury into the atmosphere than any country anywhere in the world.
“China’s carbon emissions are nearly twice what the U.S. has, and it’s rising fast,” he added. (ILKHA)
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