COVID-19: China says it has received no US aid

ANKARA 

China said Friday it did not receive financial support from the U.S. for efforts to curb the coronavirus outbreak.  

“US officials said they offered $100 million to China and other countries. We thank the American people for their kind help,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a tweet. “But as a matter of fact, we haven’t received $1 from the US government.”

Hua was referring to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement in February that Washington would spend up to $100 million to assist China and other countries affected by the outbreak.

She questioned if Washington