China COVID Origin: A day after the United States released a report in which it reiterated that the COVID virus leaked from a laboratory in China, the latter has refuted the claims and said it has been “transparent” on the matter related to the deadly virus. .
Beijing’s critical remarks came after the US Department of Energy re-evaluated the lab leak theory and claimed the deadly virus leaked from a lab in China’s Wuhan city in 2019. The US claimed that China “deliberately” did not make it public, resulting in the killing of millions of people worldwide.
Meanwhile, refuting the claims, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning Mao claimed during a routine press briefing on Tuesday that the administration had already shared “sufficient data” and “research results” on the origin of the virus , which ultimately contributed to the global virus. tracing research.
“China had shared the most data and research results on virus tracing and made important contributions to the global virus tracing research,” Mao told reporters.
China slammed the US government
In addition, the spokesperson accused the Biden administration of disseminating fake claims on the virus to discredit China and said the action would only damage America’s own credibility.
Mao said in response to complaints from US officials and members of Congress, “Politicizing the issue of virus tracing will not smear China, but only damage America’s own credibility.” China is not fully cooperating.
His comments came amid persistent questions about how the virus that has killed more than 6.8 million people worldwide first emerged.
Multiple theories on virus origin
Significantly, this virus took the whole world in its grip in 2020 – months after it was first reported in Wuhan province of China. Since then, several theories have been reported in the media, with the majority of reports declaring that the virus originated from China. Meanwhile, many allege that China has a huge market for animals where mammals such as bats and other spices are sold in the open. Several reports claimed that it originated from the same region. However, China has rejected the principles on several occasions. A team from the World Health Organization also visited the site but did not publish any concrete report against Beijing.
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