World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU slams China over fake Covid-19 info

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The European Union has levelled its most forceful criticism yet of China’s role in the spread of false information about the pandemic, saying on Wednesday that the country had engaged in “targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns in the bloc”.

In a new report, the European Commission, EU’s executive arm, blamed “foreign actors and certain third countries, in particular Russia and China,” for the disinformation campaigns. The accusation has been made before against Russia, but the inclusion of China was a significant development. Read more here.

Total Confirmed Cases: 7,360,239

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