Coronavirus | U.S. peddling conspiracies, says China
The Hindu
It is ‘disrespectful’ to WHO probe to revive the theory that coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab: Beijing
China on Wednesday accused the U.S. of “spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation” as the theory resurfaced that the coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan laboratory, while urging Washington to open its virology facilities to scrutiny. Led by the U.S., pressure is mounting for a new probe into the origins of COVID-19 after a World Health Organisation (WHO) mission to China, beset by delays and dogged by political baggage, returned inconclusive findings. The Wuhan Institute of Virology has returned to the spotlight after a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. intelligence, said three laboratory workers there were hospitalised in November 2019 with coronavirus-like symptoms, a month before the pandemic’s first declared case.
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