Pompeo presses China to allow lab inspections amid COVID19 pandemic
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday pressed China to allow inspectors into sensitive laboratories, voicing concern about their security amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
"It's important that those materials are being handled in a safe and secure way such that there isn't accidental release," Pompeo told reporters. "We still do not have a sample of the virus, nor has the world had access to the facilities or other locations where this virus may have originally originated inside of Wuhan," Pompeo said.
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