Beijing
Reuters
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China said in a pandemic response white paper released Wednesday that Covid-19 could have occurred in the US after President Donald Trump’s administration condemned lab leaks in China.
The White House launched its Covid-19 website on April 18th. There, he said the coronavirus came from China’s lab leak, but he said he was criticising former US health civil servant Anthony Fausi, who is a critic of World Health Organization (WHO).
In a white paper released by the official new paper press, China accused the US of politicizing issues of Covid-19 origin. It cites the Missouri lawsuit, which resulted in a $24 billion ruling against China to stock up on protective medical devices and cover the outbreak.
China shared relevant information in a timely manner with the WHO and the international community, the white paper said that a joint study by the WHO and China concluded that the lab leak was “highly unlikely.”
The US should not “continue to pretend deaf,” but should respond to legitimate concerns from the international community, the white paper said.
“Substantial evidence suggests that Covid-19 may have emerged earlier than the officially charged timeline and earlier than the outbreak in China,” he said.
The CIA said it is more likely that the pandemic has emerged from Chinese labs in January than from nature. It stated that he was “low confidence” in the new review, noting that both the lab’s origins and natural origins remain plausible.
Officials from the National Health Commission of China said the next step in the work of tracking origin should focus on the United States, according to Xinhua School, which cited a statement about the white paper.
