Biden again calls epicenter of coronavirus by wrong name: ‘When it all started in Luhan province’

Published March 31, 2020 2:11pm ET



Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden misspoke Monday during an interview concerning the coronavirus, calling the Chinese city of Wuhan “Luhan province.”

“I suggested we should have people in China at the outset of this event when it all started — in Luhan province,” Biden said during an interview Monday on MSNBC. Health officials believe the virus outbreak began in Wuhan, which is in China’s Hubei province. There is no “Luhan province” in China.

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