The Chinese government said on Thursday that any claims that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory are 'unfounded and purely fabricated out of nothing'.
Investors are hoping that a treatment for coronavirus will allow billions of people locked down for weeks to return to work, giving the global economy a much-needed boost. AFP/NICOLAS ASFOURI
The statement on Thursday from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the clearinghouse for the web of US spy agencies, comes as President Donald Trump and his allies have touted the as-yet unproven theory that an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Chinese outbreak, was the source of the global pandemic that has killed more than 220,000 people worldwide.
Intelligence analysts expressed concern that the pressure would lead the agencies to distort their assessments for political reasons. Pompeo also pressed China to let outside experts into the lab “so that we can determine precisely where this virus began”. The Chinese government said on Thursday that any claims that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory are “unfounded and purely fabricated out of nothing”.
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