The U.S. administration of Donald Trump has referred to the coronavirus as `` Chinese virus '' or `` Wuhan virus '' saying that China 's `` censorship supercharged a virus that has now turned into a global pandemic '' , which has in turn been criticized by some critics as racism and `` distract [ ing ] from his administration 's failure to contain the disease '' .
The U.S. government has dismissed the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic misinformation .