It continues a mounting war of words between the nations in the past week over the coronavirus pandemic.
, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, shot back,"I think this matter should be handed to scientists and medical professionals and not politicians who lie for their own domestic political ends … Mr. Pompeo repeatedly spoke up but he cannot present any evidence."
Pompeo said during his briefing,"There’s an easy way to find out the answer [to the origin of the virus]: transparency, openness, the kinds of things that nations do when they really want to be part of solving a global pandemic."Beijing would not invite international investigators into the country until"we win the final victory" against the pandemic, further calling the politicization of the virus"absurd and ridiculous.
Intelligence shared among the Five Eyes nations—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the U.S.—indicates that it’s"highly unlikely" the outbreak began as a result of a laboratory accident,
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