Trump says China could have stopped coronavirus, Beijing decries shifting of blame

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President Trump said that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and that his administration was conducting ‘serious investigations’ into what happened

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and that his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.

“We’re doing very serious investigations... We are not happy with China,” Trump said at a White House briefing. “There are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable. “Attempts to shift the blame on China will not denigrate China’s efforts in responding to the virus,” Geng said. Navarro, an outspoken critic of Beijing whom Trump has appointed to work on supply-line issues relating to the crisis, said more testing both for the virus and antibodies was vital to getting Americans currently in lockdown back to work.

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