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Some accuse the US president of trying to deflect critics from his slow response to the outbreak.
From: NewsFeed
Trump defends calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’
US President Donald Trump tells reporter calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’ is ‘not racist at all’.
23 Mar 2020
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Dr Linda Quick was a trainer of Chinese field epidemiologists who helped track, investigate and contain outbreaks.
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