In light of the protests over George Floyd's death, Chinese spokesperson Zhao Lijan told American politicians they should "get their own house in order."
"If the 21st century turns out to be an Asian century, as the 20th was an American one, the pandemic may well be remembered as the turning point of this process," EU chief Josep Borrell said.
As of Wednesday, the U.S. had more than 1.2 million cases of the novel coronavirus and more than 71,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by it.
America's approaching 1 million cases of a new coronavirus and officials believe there may be more recoveries than reported given the results from preliminary antibody testing.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. is expected to have fewer deaths than even the "optimistic projections" but added that even one death is too many.
Guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19 over the next 15 days encourages Americans to stay at home if they start to feel ill and limite social gatherings to 10 people or fewer.
Despite restricting travel from China and urging Americans to not go there, government officials maintained that the risk to the American public is low.
"That is something really incredible," President Trump said. "It's a big moment. That's a big moment, and we're all here for it. Space. Going to be a lot of things happening in space."