The state of Missouri in the US is suing China, the Chinese Communist Party and some Chinese officials on the grounds that “it misused the information about corona virus, deceived other administrations, and caused the Covid-19 epidemic to turn into a worldwide pandemic.”
Applying to the court on Tuesday, Missouri Chief Prosecutor Eric Schmitt said that China’s initial hiding of information “caused an unavoidable epidemic to spread unnecessarily all over the world”.
THE DAMAGE IS WANTED TO BE PAID
According to the news in the BBC, China is asked to pay for the lawsuit with the application of “Many losses of life, the suffering caused by people and the economic collapse.”
However, there are very long procedures and legal processes before the court process. US law provides foreign governments with a broad immunity in such cases.
It is estimated that Missouri does not expect to receive a financial response. It is believed that the state administrators who made the application aimed to gain more political support and to blame the economic and health problems caused by the pandemic to China.