There’s a lot of anger on Chinese social media at plans to reopen the US consulate in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

The US State Department announced its plans to resume consular activities in the city on 22 June earlier today. But Chinese social media users are saying that US officials are “not welcome” in the city and that it would be a “shameless” move to reopen the consulate.

“Don’t bring the Trump virus to China!” says one user on the popular Sina Weibo microblog, which has received more than 7,000 likes. Calling Covid-19 the “Trump virus” has been popular in China in response to US President Trump previously calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus”. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also been slammed by the Chinese public for calling the virus “the Wuhan virus”.

Given that the US has more than 1.9m confirmed cases of Covid-19 – hundreds of thousands more than any other country in the world - many in China are anxious that US diplomats entering China and resuming operations in the city could prompt a second outbreak.

Wuhan was the city hardest hit by Covid-19 in China, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases.