The Wuhan Institute of Virology during the WHO visit earlier this year. China has lashed out at the US over a fuller report on the origins of Covid-19. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
The Guardian/AFP: China rejects US intelligence report on Covid origins as ‘political and false’
Beijing has reacted angrily to the report, which said China was hindering investigations into source of the pandemic
Beijing has lashed out against a US intelligence review into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, calling it “political and false” while urging Washington to stop attacking China.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s retort came on Sunday, days after the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a fuller version of its findings from a 90-day review ordered by president Joe Biden.
The paper said that, without new information, intelligence agencies would not be able to offer a better judgment on whether the virus emerged via animal-to-human transmission or a lab leak.
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