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Call it 'China virus', Coronavirus sounds like a 'beautiful place' in Italy, says Donald Trump

September 23, 2020

US President Donald Trump has again targeted China for over the COVID-19 pandemic that has now killed over 9.69 lakh people across countries, with US suffering the highest toll. Trump has said it should be called �China virus� instead of Coronavirus, which sounds like a �beautiful place in Italy�.

Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the Coronavirus pandemic and urged his supporters not to call it coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.

The United States now has over 68 lakh coronavirus cases with a death toll that has crossed the 2 lakh mark. Globally, total Coronavirus cases have crossed the 3 crore mark with nearly 10 lakh people dead so far.

Describing the November 3 election as a "matter of economic survival", Trump said that the country was doing great on economic front before the plague was unleashed on the United States and blamed China for it.

"You had the greatest year you have ever had last year and you were really on your way - we were very, very sadly disturbed by what happened with China. They let the plague out. They shouldn't have done it," he said.

"We built the greatest economy in the history of the world. And right now we're doing it again,� he asserted, amidst an applause from his supporters.