China opposes politicizing of pandemic

China called on the United States on Wednesday to work together with the international community in dealing with the challenge of the novel coronavirus pneumonia pandemic and safeguard global public health security.

The remark by Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang came after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would pull back from calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus" as he had previously done.

Trump used "COVID-19", the official name of the virus, in a tweet on Tuesday.