China, US in stand-off over origin of Covid-19 deepens

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WASHINGTON - China and the United States remain at loggerheads over the origin of the Covid-19 coronavirus, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubling down on allegations that the virus came out of a Level 4 high security bio lab in Wuhan, and China covered it up and lost the world precious time.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

in Wuhan, and China covered it up and lost the world precious time.

Since about a week ago, US officials, including Mr Pompeo and Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger, have been explicitly distinguishing between the CCP and the Chinese people. "We actually spend a lot of time trying to message, for example, to the Iranian people, to the Venezuelan people, to the Chinese population.

"On the contrary, the mindset risks decoupling China and the United States and hurting our efforts to fight the disease, our coordination to reignite the global economy, our ability to conquer other challenges and our prospects of a better future," he wrote in the piece uploaded early on Tuesday .doubled down on Tuesday

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