The White Housesaid China
"mishandled the situation" after the coronavirus outbreak in its
Wuhan city, but refrained from giving a definitive answer on retaliatory
measures against the Asian giant.
The deadly coronavirus that
was first reported in China's Wuhan city in mid-November has so far killed more
than 2,35,000 people globally, including 64,000 Americans, and has infected 3.3
million across the world.
Led by the United States,
several countries, including Germany, Britain and Australian, are blaming China
for the spread of coronavirus across the globe.
On Thursday, US President
Donald Trump had hinted at using tariff as a tool to punish China for
mishandling the virus outbreak and the next day the markets went down.
-- PTI