China’s ambassador to Russia said the coronavirus would be “liquidated next month,” despite doubts from U.S. officials about the country’s transparency in reporting and tracking cases.

“We can win a complete victory over this virus,” Zhang Hanhui told Russian parliamentary official Ivan Melnikov, according to the Financial Times.

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