Cartoon 'Once upon a virus' attacking the US position on the coronavirus played during an online press briefing via Zoom, by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu (second down on right). He also stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO.