Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has responded to the Chinese foreign minister’s claim that America is spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

At a Tuesday briefing, Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, accused politicians in the United States of “lying through their teeth,” adding that they ought “to reflect on their own problems and try their best to control the epidemic as soon as possible instead of continuing to play tricks to deflect blame.”

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