Australia's foreign minister, Marise Payne, had called for an international investigation into the origins and spread of the virus.
BEIJING - China dismissed as groundless on Monday Australia's questioning of how Beijing handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had been open and transparent, despite growing scepticism about the accuracy of its official death toll.
Since then the virus has caused nearly 2.4 million infections and more than 160,000 deaths worldwide, paralysing life and business in major cities. "China expresses deep concern and resolute opposition to this," Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing.
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