World must not succumb to political virus

Instead of contributing to the global fight against the novel coronavirus, which is still wreaking havoc in many parts of the world, the United States is deliberately trying to undermine any concerted efforts by attempting to spread its political virus, as part of its China-opposed, clique-forming strategy.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, ill-intentioned high-ranking US officials have repeatedly used xenophobic terms in a nasty blame game targeting China.

The previous US president Donald Trump not only openly referred to the coronavirus as "the Wuhan virus" but also made ill-founded accusations against China relating to the pandemic in various international gatherings including the United Nations General Assembly. US President Joe Biden and members of his administration have not proved immune to this political virus and they too are trying to exploit the origin-tracing efforts and push the conspiracy theory of a lab leak in Wuhan in a bid to vilify and isolate China.