As U.S. investigates Wuhan lab leak, senior China researcher says allegations are 'malicious, impossible'
at a news conference at the Pentagon:"It should be no surprise to you that we've taken a keen interest in that, and we've had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that. And I would just say, at this point, it's inconclusive. Although the weight of evidence seems to indicate 'natural.' But we don't know for certain."
Hoping to dismiss such allegations Saturday, Yuan, the Wuhan branch virologist, appeared on a Chinese state television network saying the biosafety lab undergoes rigorous testing on par with Western labs as he dismissed virus spread speculation. Yuan said that U.S. politicians and"conspiracy theories" are mistakenly"connecting the dots" because the Institute of Virology and the P4 laboratory, one of Asia's most advanced, are both in the city of Wuhan.
"They have no evidence or logic to support their accusations. They are basing it completely on their own speculations," Yuan added. Trump announced this week he is considering halting U.S. funding to the WHO as an investigation into wrongdoing proceeds, before accusing the international organization of"" the coronavirus origin. Yuan said Saturday that the Wuhan lab -- or humans as a whole -- don't have the capability"or have the know-how to create such a virus.
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