She commented: “If we don’t manage to stop this British virus, then we will have 10 times the number of cases by Easter.<\/p>\n “We need eight to 10 more weeks of tough measures,’ Bild quoted Merkel as saying.”<\/p>\n Mr Trump began calling Covid-19 the “China virus” in spring 2020.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters he insisted this was “not racist at all” as “it comes from China, I want to be accurate”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.<\/p>\n However, the World Health Organisation has advised against labelling viruses after the places they are discovered to avoid stigmatisation.<\/p>\n Politics lecturer Adrian Hilton tweeted: “I’m intrigued to know if those who called President Trump ‘racist’ for referring to the ‘China virus’ think the same of Chancellor Merkel.”<\/p>\n Another social media user commented: “Oh, so it’s the British virus now.<\/p>\n “I bet she’s never called it the Chinese\/Wuhan virus but happy to pin it on us.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n A third added: “So in the America of 2020, it’s verboten to table a virus by its geographic origin if it originates in a communist country, but if it comes from the country that did Brexit LABEL IT!”<\/p>\n The new highly infectious strain of coronavirus was first detected in Kent late last year.<\/p>\n It has caused cases to surge across the country with Britain recording its second highest ever coronavirus death toll on Tuesday.<\/p>\n According to Bild Ms Merkel said: “’If we don’t manage to stop this British virus, then we will have 10 times the number of cases by Easter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n DON’T MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n Merkel blasted on Twitter for ‘defending’ Donald Trump on Twitter ban [SHOCK]<\/strong> “We need eight to 10 more weeks of tough measures.”<\/p>\n In Meissen, a town in Saxony, authorities are having to store bodies in offices ahead of their cremation as the usual facilities have been overwhelmed.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/Coronavirus-1383295.jpg?r=1610518621980\")
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