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CHINESE CRITICISM: Pompeo believes that China has done a lot to cover the coronavirus before it is publicly known. Photo: ANDREW HARNIK / POOL
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses China of concealing the virus, saying that the Americans have repeatedly said that it originated in Wuhan in a new interview.
Pompeo was interviewed by the ABC television channel. He said nothing about the type of evidence. The Foreign Minister thus reiterates the statements of President Donald Trump on the same subject.
When asked if they had seen anything that makes them so sure that the virus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, the Foreign Minister replied in the affirmative.
– There is great evidence that this is where it started. From the beginning, we said it was a virus that came from Wuhan, China, Pompeo said on the ABC show “This Week.”
He also said that the Chinese Communist Party was doing everything possible to prevent the rest of the world from knowing about the virus, including closing doctors and expelling journalists from the country.
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I’m not sure where the virus comes from
United States intelligence released a statement last week stating that the corona virus is neither man-made nor genetically modified.
The conclusion was made public after President Trump and other members of his administration repeatedly made such suggestions.
The main intelligence chief of the EE. The US, Richard Grenell, who coordinates the operations of the country’s 16 different intelligence agencies, said they are still working to determine if the outbreak started after humans contacted infected animals or was the result of a laboratory accident. in Wuhan
Reject claims
The laboratory in question, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is subject to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and, among other things, has conducted research on the SARS virus and other viruses that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Chinese authorities have rejected all claims that the virus outbreak originated here.
Other critics believe that Trump and his government’s game is an attempt to divert attention from the problems of the United States to keep the epidemic under control during the election year.
Pompeo harshly criticized China in the interview, but did not respond if he believed that the coronavirus had intentionally spread.
– We’ve been trying to have a team there. WHO has tried to form a team there and they have failed. No one has been allowed in this laboratory or in any other.
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In the course of the interview, he also claims that experts say the virus was created by man. He then moderates when journalist Martha Raddarz points out that her office at the Director of National Intelligence has said there is a consensus among experts that the virus is not man-made.
That’s right. I have seen the summary that you have seen, which was published. Pompeo replies that I have no reason not to believe it to be true.
