Why We Call Coronavirus ‘CCP Virus’

Juliet Song
By Juliet Song
October 10, 2020China in Focus
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We answered a question from some viewers, who asked us why we call the coronavirus the CCP virus.

The name is to hold the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, accountable, as its coverup and mishandling of the outbreak in Wuhan allowed the virus to become a pandemic.