BEIJING (HRNW) – China hit back Wednesday at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, saying he “doesn t have any” evidence.
Washington and Beijing have clashed repeatedly over the virus, which emerged in China late last year but has since spiralled into a global pandemic.
Theories that the virus came from a maximum-security virology lab in Wuhan have swirled since earlier this year, but were brought into the mainstream last month by US government officials.
Pompeo said on Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” to show that the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
“I think this matter should be handed to scientists and medical professionals, and not politicians who lie for their own domestic political ends,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.
“Mr Pompeo repeatedly spoke up but he cannot present any evidence. How can he? Because he doesn t have any.”
On Wednesday, Pompeo reiterated his claims, though with a caveat.
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