Coronavirus: Donald Trump says US doing 'very serious' investigation against China
US President Donald Trump stated that the US is carrying out a "very serious" investigation against China. He also indicated that his administration is looking at a bigger compensation from Beijing than the USD 140 billion being sought by Germany over the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus (COVID-19), which originated in China in mid-November, has so far killed more than two lakh people and infected over three million across the globe. The largest number of them is from the United States with more than 56,000 deaths and over one million infections. Meanwhile, the leaders of the US, the UK, and Germany increasingly believe that the deaths of so many people and destruction of the global economy could have been avoided if China had shared the information about the virus in its early phases.
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In fact, many of the countries have started talking about claiming compensation from China. Donald Trump, during the Rose Garden press conference on Monday, was asked about Germany planning to send a bill to China for euro 130 billion (USD 140 billion) for the consequences. “Would your administration look at doing the same?”
“Well, we can do something much easier than that. We have ways of doing things a lot easier than that,” the President replied. "Germany is looking at things and we are looking at things and we're talking about a lot more money than Germany is talking about," he added.
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He also said that “We haven't determined the final amount yet,” but "it is very substantial." After the US, Europe is the worst hit by the coronavirus. In India, mainly because of the early and aggressive preventive measures, the death toll has remained low at 886 and infections at 28,000.
-PTC News
