Angry US Blames China, Russia And Iran For Spreading "Disinformation" On Coronavirus

Weeks after the fast-spreading deadly Coronavirus pandemic hit the world, US blamed Russia, China and Iran for spreading “disinformation” on COVID-19.  

While speaking to reporters at the White House, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Russia, China and Iran for spreading “disinformation” on deadly Coronavirus and for taking up coordinated efforts to “disparage” American attempts towards combating the pandemic.

Mike Pompeo also described the campaigns as being “pretty diffused”. He urged Americans to ensure getting their information from a reliable source. “I wanted to talk about the disinformation the people are seeing both on Twitter and around the world. Some of it coming from the government, some of it coming from other individuals,” he told reporters on Friday. 

After identifying three countries for “disinformation campaigns" across the world, US Secretary of State said, “It is pretty defused unfortunately but we have certainly seen it come from places like China and Russia and Iran where there are coordinated efforts to disparage what America is doing and our activity to do all of the things that President (Donald) Trump has set in motion here."

So far, a total of 230 people have died in the US while the number of confirmed cases has increased to over 18,000. Looking at the pandemic globally, the death count has crossed 11, 000 with more than 275,427 cases reported in countries and territories across the world, a report from NDTV said.

Earlier in the month, Mike Pompeo had also accused China of delaying the world efforts to fight the coronavirus through censorship.