‘Disinformation’: US Rejects Chinese State Media Reports About American Diplomats in Hong Kong

People walk past the U.S. consulate building in Hong Kong, China, on March 15, 2021. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese state-run media were printing “disinformation” about US diplomats in accusing them of not following quarantine rules, the U.S. State Department said on March 15.

The issue concerns two U.S. consular workers who recently tested positive for COVID-19, CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, amid a new outbreak that hit the city’s expat community.