China claimed that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year.
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China claimed on Friday that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year, but was the only one to report and act first, refuting the widely held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before becoming a problem. pandemic.
China, in addition to denying US allegations that COVID-19 has emerged from a biological laboratory in Wuhan, also denied that it emanated from a wet market in the central Chinese city of bats or pangolins before infecting humans.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said at a press conference that “coronavirus is a new type of virus as more and more facts emerge, as reports reveal, we all know that the epidemic broke out in various locations around the world late last year, while China was the first to report the outbreak, identified the pathogen and shared the genome sequence with the world. “
Hua’s comments came in response to accusations by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of a cover-up by the ruling Communist Party of China (CCP).
The coronavirus crisis was made infinitely worse by the Chinese Communist Party cover-up, Pompeo said in Tokyo at the QUAD ministerial meeting of the United States, India, Australia and Japan on Tuesday.
The statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry was made as the World Health Organization (WHO) was preparing to investigate the origin of the deadly coronavirus.
According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the contagion has infected more than 36 million people and killed more than 1 million worldwide.
The United States is the most affected country with more than 7.6 million cases and more than 2.12,000 deaths.
China has reported 90,736 cases and 4,739 deaths from COVID-19.
The WHO has provided Beijing with a list of global experts to be sent to China to investigate the origin of the coronavirus, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. WHO is awaiting approval.
In May, the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO’s Geneva-based decision-making body currently headed by India, passed a unanimous resolution to investigate the origin of the virus. China also supported the resolution.
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