Prime Minister Scott Morrison has distanced Australia from Donald Trump’s allegation that the coronavirus outbreak began in a Wuhan laboratory.
Key points:
- Donald Trump says he has seen evidence the virus causing COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology
- Scott Morrison has joined US intelligence agencies in saying there is no evidence of that
- Australia is backing an independent investigation into the outbreak
US intelligence agencies say there is no evidence the virus was man-made or engineered in a lab.
But the US President has