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.
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."
Scientists believe the virus jumped from animals to humans, emerging in China late last year, possibly from a market selling exotic animals for meat. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said analysts"will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine" the source of the outbreak.Last month foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said:" officials have repeatedly stated that there is no single evidence that the new coronavirus was produced in a laboratory."
When asked about reports that he could cancel US debt obligations to China, Trump said he could"do it differently" and act in"more of a forthright manner".Eurozone gloom In Michigan, protesters -- some of them armed -- stormed the state capitol building, demanding the removal of restrictions, which they say hurt the economy and represent governmental overreach.
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