The comments contradict US intelligence agencies, who say the coronavirus does not appear to be man-made or genetically modified.
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo claims there is a"significant amount of evidence" that COVID-19 came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The comments, which echo those of Donald Trump three days ago, contradict a statement from US intelligence agencies this week sayingNeither President Trump nor his secretary of state have produced any evidence. During an interview with ABC's This Week, Mr Pompeo said:"There is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan."The best experts so far seem to think it was man-made. I have no reason to disbelieve that at this point."When the interviewer pointed out that this was not the conclusion of US intelligence agencies, Pompeo quickly backtracked:"I've seen what the intelligence community has said.
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