The US president's assertion was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and by his top diplomat, who said: 'We don't know precisely where it began.' Covid19SA
The US president's assertion was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and by his top diplomat, who said:"We don't know precisely where it began."
More than 230,000 people are known to have died in a pandemic that has forced more than half of humanity to live under some kind of lockdown. But speculation has swirled about a top-secret lab, reinforced by internet rumours and right-wing shock jocks -- and increasingly taken up by the US president.
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