The second state in the United States will submit a claim to China because of the coronavirus

Second US state of Mississippi after the Missouri sues China for withholding information about the coronavirus. This was reported on the website of the state attorney General Lynn Fitch.

According to her, because of the policies of China have suffered too many residents of the state (here the Prosecutor included cases, deaths and lost work) that should not remain without punishment. Fitch said that she was going to seek justice in court. She also urged to support the Congress the claim of state of Missouri against China.

April 21, the attorney General Eric Schmitt (Eric Schmitt) sued China. He is required to pay damages to compensate for the “huge loss of life, human suffering and economic turmoil”.

According to the Prosecutor, the Chinese government lied to the world about the danger and infectious nature of the coronavirus, has silenced the witnesses and did little to stop the spread of the disease. The representative of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of China Geng Shuang called the claim in a mockery of the proceedings, noting that for him there is no reason to.

Beijing repeatedly subjected to sharp criticism from Washington. In March, the President of the United States Donald trump has accused Beijing of untimely informing of the world community about the outbreak of coronavirus. According to him, it would be better if the authorities of other countries knew about this a few months earlier. In early April, U.S. intelligence presented the White house a secret report, which said that China hides true extent of the epidemic of coronavirus in the country.