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World bearing the brunt of China's delay over virus response: Trump

AFP
Published : Mar 20, 2020, 9:04 am IST
Updated : Mar 20, 2020, 9:04 am IST

The United States warned against international travel due to the pandemic and advised citizens to come home if possible

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice president Mike Pence during a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) headquarters in Washington,DC. AFP Photo
 US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice president Mike Pence during a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) headquarters in Washington,DC. AFP Photo

Washington: US President Donald Trump charged Thursday that the world is "paying a big price" for China's lack of transparency on the outbreak of the new coronavirus there several months ago.

"It would have been much better if we had known about this a number of months earlier. It could have been contained to that one area of China where it started. And certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did."

Donald Trump, President of the United States

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