Bangladesh, May 24 -- Eating wild animals has been banned in Wuhan - the epicenter of the coronavirus - while the Chinese government also Wednesday slammed the U.S. over criticism of lax reporting in the early stages of the pandemic.

It's the latest flareup between the communist country and the Trump administration over COVID-19 and the World Health Organization's handling of the virus.

"The U.S. is saying it's your fault for covering things up when it all first started," said Tufts University Associate Professor Elizabeth Remick, an expert in Chinese politics.

"This looks to me as part of the back and forth between the U.S. and China," she added, "with China saying 'Don't point fingers' and the U.S. trying to score points."

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