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The P4 laboratory (centre) in Wuhan is amongst a handful around the globe cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) – dangerous viruses that position a high threat of person-to-person transmission.
In an editorial on Tuesday, the hawkish Global Times paper said Mr Pompeo was “degenerate”.
On Monday, the Global Times implicated Mr Pompeo of “ridiculous theories and twisted truths”, and on Tuesday the attack continued.
” Pompeo intends to kill 2 birds with one stone by gushing frauds,” it stated.
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The editorial confessed there were “preliminary problems” in China’s response to the outbreak, but declared “the general performance is bright enough to outwei