US President Trump says confident coronavirus originated in a Chinese virology lab, threatens new tariffs against Beijing
US President Donald Trump holds up a presidential proclamation declaring an"Older Americans Month 2020" during an event about senior citizens and the coronavirus disease pandemic in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, April 30, 2020.
"Yes, yes I have," he said, declining to give specifics. "I can't tell you that. I'm not allowed to tell you that." Trump said previously his administration was trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from the Wuhan lab, following media reports it may have been artificially synthesised at a China state-backed laboratory or perhaps escaped from such a facility.
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