The Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) has slammed the European External Action Service (EEAS) for accusing China of disinformation regarding COVID-19. The mission said, "a disinformation report that has no factual basis is in itself an example of disinformation."

A foreign recipient (L) gets registered for a dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Tsinghua University, Beijing, capital of China, April 3, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

The remarks on Thursday came after the EEAS released an updated version of the "short assessment of narratives and disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic." The report accused China and Russia of using state-controlled media to spread disinformation and claimed that "vaccine diplomacy" has replaced "mask diplomacy."