BEIJING (Reuters) – China stated on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization (WHO) in attempting to determine the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and implicated U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of informing one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing.
The virus has actually eliminated more than 255,000 individuals worldwide, consisting of more than 70,000 in the United States, the worst-affected country, since it was first identified in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
Pompeo accused China of withholding virus samples he said were required for global vaccine research study, and he required openness. Most professionals believe COVID-19 come from a market offering wildlife and jumped from animals to individuals, however Pompeo and U.S. President Donald Trump have actually said there is evidence it originated from a lab, without elaborating.
Pompeo likewise accused the WHO of being too slow to respond to the illness and said it “needs to still demand that there be an examination” in China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, addressing reporters in Beijing on Thursday, said China supported WHO efforts to investigate the origin of the pandemic.
” We are always open up to comply with the WHO on matters, including on the concern of origin,” she said. She repeated a timeline of signals