Facing global anger over their mishandling of the outbreak, the Chinese authorities have been trying to shift the blame by pushing theories that the virus originated outside China.
The Chinese state-run media first published that it started in Italy rather than in China as they misrepresented German scientist Dr Kekulé’s research, to then switch the blame to India after scientists published a paper about packaged food from overseas having brought the virus to China.
What is clear, is China's eagerness to “muddy the waters”.