China calls theory that Covid originated in Chinese lab ‘politically motivated lie’
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent from on (#6079H)
WHO report has said origins of virus are still unknown and recommended further investigation
China has repeated its assertion the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a leak from a Chinese laboratory is a politically motivated lie", after the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended continued investigations this week.
The lab leak theory is totally a lie concocted by anti-China forces for political purposes, which has nothing to do with science," the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing on Friday.
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