The U.S. State Department has accused Chinese state-run media of reporting disinformation about its diplomats in Hong Kong who recently tested positive for COVID-19. Washington temporarily closed its consulate in Hong Kong for “deep disinfection and cleaning” on March 15 after two of its American employees came down with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, following a new outbreak hit the city’s expat community. The employees, a couple aged 40 and 41 respectively, have been sent to the hospital for isolation, according to the city’s health authorities. While the Hong Kong government said that the consulate “has been fully cooperative,” Chinese state-run media have capitalized on the news, propagating reports that the two invoked diplomatic immunity to evade quarantine rules. DotDotNews, a pro-CCP news portal, citing unnamed government sources, said the two refused to quarantine and were still “roaming around the residential neighborhood and going to work …