Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson responds to coronavirus criticism

In a series of five tweets, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying responded to criticism from U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus on the way China dealt with the coronavirus epidemic. 

In a Friday morning tweet aimed at her Chinese counterpart, Ortagus wrote, "@SpokespersonCHN is right: This is a timeline the world must absolutely scrutinize," accusing China of having "ordered #COVID19 virus samples destroyed" by January 3.

Her tweet was an answer to Hua's earlier tweet. "China has been updating the U.S. on the coronavirus and its response since January 3. On January 15 the U.S. State Department notified Americans in China U.S. CDC's warning about the coronavirus. And now blame China for delay? Seriously?" Hua wrote on Thursday.

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