Stop calling it 'China coronavirus': Beijing

ANKARA

China on Friday slammed the U.S. for using the term “Chinese coronavirus” to describe the global outbreak, also alleging that the virus may have originated in the U.S. 

The allegations came after Robert Redfield, the director of the U.S.’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified before the U.S. Congress on the virus.

Addressing Redfield, Hua Chunying, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, tweeted: "It is absolutely WRONG and INAPPROPRIATE to call this the Chinese coronavirus.” 

Lijian Zhao, Chunying's colleague, also tweeted: “CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What