The WHO had made it clearly for many times that using COVID-19 as the name of the novel coronavirus disease. The epidemic first appeared in China but did not necessarily originate from China. BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday slammed some media organizations that had called the novel coronavirus “China virus,” saying the wording was “extremely irresponsible.” Zhao said the World Health Organization (WHO) had made it clearly for many times that using COVID-19 as the name of the novel coronavirus disease, instead of referring to a geographical location, was to prevent the use of other names that can be stigmatizing. The spread of the virus was a global issue and the work to track the source of the coronavirus is still […]