PM Scott Morrison says he has seen no evidence to support the theory the virus came from a lab. FMTNews Covid19 Australia US China WuhanLab
Canberra is caught in a diplomatic squeeze between the US and Beijing, its major trade partner.
One government source said that officials were working hard to cast the review as open-minded and global, and that the American approach of “let’s get China” wasn’t helping. The report was published shortly after US President Donald Trump said he had seen evidence the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the epicentre of the global outbreak.
No public evidence has linked the outbreak to the lab in Wuhan, and scientists have said the coronavirus appears to have developed in nature. “The Australians are pushing for reform at the World Health Assembly; this doesn’t help those efforts. You can understand their frustration,” said one Western diplomat, who declined to be named as the diplomat, like the other government and intelligence sources, is not authorised to talk to the media.Prime Minister Scott Morrison has repeatedly said that he has seen no evidence to support the theory the virus came from a lab, and that the most likely source was a wildlife market in Wuhan.
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