The U.S.-China rivalry has spilled over into the fight against coronavirus, with officials stuck in a war of words over what to call the pandemic
SHANGHAI—The U.S. and China are tussling over what to call the fast-spreading coronavirus and where it originated, as the pandemic grows ever more politically charged.
With the virus now threatening the U.S., Trump administration officials in recent days have stepped up their attempts to characterize the coronavirus’s origin as Chinese. Senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy , have referred to the pathogen as the “Wuhan virus” or the “Chinese coronavirus,” rather...
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