China is indicating it could deny life-saving Coronavirus drugs from being sent to the United States.
Fox News said the implied threat came in an article in Xinhua, the state-run media agency. The outlet is considered the mouthpiece of the country’s Communist Party.
A Xinhua article touted China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak that originated in the city of Wuhan and has spread around the world. According to Fox News, the article claimed China could impose pharmaceutical export controls which would plunge the U.S. into “the mighty sea of coronavirus.”
The Food and Drug Administration has announced the first drug shortage related to the virus, Fox News reported. The FDA, while not saying which drug was in short supply, noted it could not access enough raw components needed because they are made in China.
Sen. Marco Rubio and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ripped China for its power over public health in the U.S.
“As the coronavirus continues its spread across the world – and the United States – the American economy faces the prospect of widespread shortages for the first time since the 1970s,” they said in a column posted this week on the Fox News web site.
“More than 40 percent of manufacturers in the American heartland have reported negative impacts on their business. Now, the Food and Drug Administration has announced the first shortage of an essential drug.”
In an interview, Rubio told Fox News if China makes good on its threat, he believes the results could be crippling.
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