China’s government rejected a U.S. Energy Department assessment that the Covid-19 pandemic likely originated with a lab leak, accusing the agency of engaging in a political smear
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that ‘relevant parties’ should stop politicizing efforts to find the origins of Covid-19. The remarks were in response to a U.S. Energy Department report saying the virus most likely came from a laboratory leak in China. Photo: Mark R. Cristino/Shutterstock.
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