Reports from February (when the majority of cases were still confined to China) described racist sentiments expressed in different groups around the world that Chinese people deserved the virus or were receiving justified punishment.
Ripoti kutoka Februari (ambapo visa vingi vilikuwa bado Uchina tu) zimeshuhudia hisia za ubaguzi wa rangi zikielekezwa katika vikundi tofauti ulimwenguni ya Wachina kustahili virusi au kupokea kinachodaiwa kuwa adhabu inayofaa.