Is There Evidence That COVID-19 Is From Wuhan Laboratory?
AFP news agency quoted Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo on May 3, confirming there is evidence that the COVID-19
outbreak originated from Wuhan laboratory, although the virus causing the
disease is not an artificial product.
Pompeo said in the ABC 's This Week program
that:
"There is tremendous evidence that that is where it came from. I think the whole world can now see clearly, China has a history of spreading the disease to the world, and they run underperforming laboratories."
The US Secretary of State expressed his agreement with the
conclusions of US intelligence officials, stating that "there is broad
consensus in the scientific community that the virus causing the COVID-19
pandemic is not an artificial product or a variable." change genes ".
Pompeo, however, said that China's attempt to hide the seriousness
of the epidemic in its early stages created "a great risk" to the
world. Recalling US President Donald Trump's words, Pompeo emphasized that
Washington "will force responsible people to pay the price".
Earlier,
on May 1, President Trump also said he had seen documents that helped him
believe that the virus that caused COVID-19 came from a laboratory in Wuhan,
China, where the disease started.
For
its part, April 27, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said there
was "no conclusive evidence that the virus originated from China".
Up
to now, the United States is still the country with the most COVID-19
infections with 1.1 million cases, of which more than 67,000 have died.
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