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'Not racist at all': Donald Trump defends calling coronavirus the 'Chinese virus'
- Published_at:2020-03-18
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Guardian News
- tags: coronavirus coronavirus news coronavirus us coronavirus trump coronavirus donald trump coronavirus pandemic trump donald trump donald trump chinese virus china china coronavirus covid 19 covid-19 covid-19 trump donald trump racist chinese virus foreign virus 2020 donald trump not racist coronavirus america politics gdnpfpnewspolitics chinese virus coronavirus chinese coronavirus china guardian world gdnpfpnewsworld covid news
- description: The US president has dismissed accusations that his use of the term 'Chinese virus' to refer to the coronavirus is racist. Speaking at his daily coronavirus taskforce briefing, he said it was 'not racist at all. It comes from China; I want to be accurate.' The World Health Organization has advised against terms that link the virus to China to avoid stigmatisation Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Coronavirus US updates: Trump closing Canada border for 'non-essential traffic' – live ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/mar/18/joe-biden-wins-democratic-primaries-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-coronavirus-live-updates Trump sparks anger by calling coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/trump-calls-covid-19-the-chinese-virus-as-rift-with-coronavirus-beijing-escalates Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture
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