DONALD Trump reportedly crossed out “coronavirus” and added “Chinese” virus on his speech notes, according to a press photo. 

Multiple reports emerged Trump replaced name of the disease with the term which had angered Chinese officials this week when a Washington Post photographer tweeted the image.

Alongside two pictures – one of them zoomed, photographer Jabin Botsfield wrote: "Close up of President [Donald Trump's] notes is seen.

"[He] crossed out 'Corona' and replaced it with 'Chinese' Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House."

The shot was reportedly taken during the president's daily COVID-19 briefing earlier this afternoon as the disease which emerged in Wuhan rapidly spreads throughout all 50 states.

Trump previously defended using the phrase when Chinese officials said it was "stigmatizing."

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