‘Coronavirus comes from laboratory in Wuhan’: US Secretary of State claims
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“There is a lot of evidence that the coronavirus comes from a laboratory in Chinese Wuhan,” Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, said on Sunday. However, he didn’t provide any evidence to back his claim.
He stipulated that the intelligence should continue the research in this matter, "so that we can be sure".
Pompeo added that China has a history of running non-compliant laboratories.
"It's not the first time we hear that the world is exposed to viruses as a result of errors in Chinese laboratories," he stressed.
US intelligence has determined that the coronavirus was not created by man, nor is it the result of genetic modification. However, the Americans have been keeping on investigating whether it comes from infected animals or is the result of an accident in a Chinese laboratory.
(PAP)
