Tuesday, March 31, 2020

UK’s Boris Johnson ‘Furious’ With China, Says There Could Be A ‘Reckoning’ For China’s Coronavirus ‘Disinformation Campaign’

Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister, pauses while speaking during a daily coronavirus briefing inside number 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Friday, March 20, 2020. Johnson ordered pubs, restaurants and leisure centers across the country to close from Friday night in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Photographer: Julian Simmonds/The Daily Telegraph/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The United Kingdom’s government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is reportedly “furious” with China, and has pledged a “reckoning” for the country’s “disinformation campaign,” which U.K. officials believe downplayed the number of Chinese coronavirus cases by “15 to 40” times.

Business Insider reports that Johnson’s government is the first to suggest that China could face economic consequences for the coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

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  1. capt fastApril 1, 2020 at 4:18 PM

    Boris is the very picture of the angry man just in from the rain.

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