Report: U.S. failure to control COVID-19 violates human rights

Medical workers transfer the body of a COVID-19 patient in Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 2020. /CFP

Due to the U.S. government's reckless response, the COVID-19 epidemic went out of control and turned into a human tragedy, according to a report on the state of human rights in the U.S. on Wednesday.

"The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2020" was released by China's State Council Information Office.

By the end of February 2021, the U.S., home to less than 5 percent of the world's population, accounted for more than a quarter of the world's confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly one fifth of the global deaths from the disease. More than 500,000 Americans lost their lives due to the virus.

The world's largest economy – which also calls itself a "city upon a hill" and "beacon of democracy" – saw its own epidemic situation go out of control, accompanied by political disorder, inter-ethnic conflicts, and social division, which further added to human rights violation in the country, the report said.