How a Wuhan lab got caught up in a global coronavirus blame game

[ad_1] A bat virus specialist known as China’s “bat woman” and her laboratory in Wuhan have become the center of a furious blame game between the United States and China for the source of the coronavirus outbreak. United States President Donald Trump insists that he has seen evidence that the coronavirus was leaked from the … Read more

Trump claims he has seen evidence that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan lab, but will not elaborate.

[ad_1] United States President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was confident that the coronavirus could have originated from a Chinese virology laboratory, but declined to describe the evidence, raising tensions with Beijing about the origins of the deadly outbreak. The rump was not speechless at a White House event on Thursday, when asked if … Read more

Trump claims evidence links Chinese lab to virus

[ad_1] United States President Donald Trump said he has seen evidence that the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory as it threatened tariffs in Beijing for its role in the global pandemic. However, his claim was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and his top diplomat, who said: “We don’t know precisely where it … Read more

Why is the Wuhan lab at the center of a virus controversy?

[ad_1] Located on the outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosecurity laboratory is now the subject of claims by the United States that it may be the birthplace of the pandemic. Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from an animal to humans at a … Read more