United States President Donald Trump states he is positive COVID-19 come from a laboratory in Wuhan, ratcheting up tensions with China over the origins of the deadly illness.
Key points:
- In a press conference, Donald Trump hypothesized that the infection might have been intentionally launched
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry dismissed the theories and mentioned the origin of the virus is a complicated scientific problem
- Hours prior to Mr Trump’s remarks, United States intelligence launched a statement stating the infection was not manufactured, in line “with wide clinical consensus”
Throughout a press conference at the White Home, Mr Trump stated he had a high degree of self-confidence that the vir