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China is now calling on the world to fight the epidemic together and saying that “rumors and prejudice” must go.

“The epidemic is a global challenge. The right move should be working together to fight it, which means no place for rumors and prejudice,” Zhao said at the same press briefing last week. “We need science, reason and cooperation to drive out ignorance and bias.”

Chinese foreign diplomats have also been on the defensive recently — most notably on Twitter, which is blocked in the mainland. China’s ambassador to South Africa said in a tweet on Sunday: “Although the epidemic first broke out in China, it did not necessarily mean that the virus is originated from China, let alone ‘made in China.'”

Global Times has pointed fingers at some countries which it said was “slow to respond” to the outbreak.

“Many countries are slow in responding to COVID-19. Coronavirus overwhelmed hospitals in Wuhan in a short time. China dispatched over 40,000 medical workers to support Wuhan,” the paper’s chief editor tweeted recently. “No other country has this mobilization capability. They must try utmost to prevent situation from worsening.”

State media has also said the world and the United States should “thank” China for taking extreme measures to contain the coronavirus, which would have otherwise spread even further, instead of imposing travel restrictions on Chinese citizens.

“Now, we should say righteously that the U.S. owes China an apology, the world owes China a thank you,” said an editorial on state news agency, Xinhua, which was translated by CNBC and which was first posted on the social media account of Huang Sheng, an investor.