- The Chinese Embassy in South Africa stated that the United States is using Covid-19 origin tracking for political manipulation.
- Ambassador Chen Xiaodong delivered a speech at the virtual briefing on Monday morning.
- He said that China has nothing to hide from the origin of the coronavirus and has no reservations about sharing information.
The Chinese Embassy in South Africa accused the United States of using Covid-19 origin tracking for political manipulation.
At a virtual media briefing on Monday, Ambassador Chen Xiaodong stated that China has “no concealment” about the virus and has no reservations about sharing information with the world.
Agence France-Presse According to the report, US President Joe Biden said on Friday that China had concealed “critical information.” About the origin of Covid-19.
According to the publication, this is after the US intelligence community expressed its disbelief that the virus is a biological weapon, but there are still disagreements over whether it has escaped from the laboratory.
Biden said in a statement: “The key information about the origin of this epidemic exists in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), but from the very beginning, Chinese government officials have been trying to stop international investigators and members of the global public health community. Visit it. To this day, China continues to reject calls for transparency and concealment of information, even if the death toll from this epidemic continues to rise.”
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But Chen Yiyi described it as a “witch hunt.” He said that the United States undermined the global unity in the fight against the virus.
Chen added that scientists all over the world are studying the origin of Covid. He also said that Wuhan Institute of Virology has never produced or leaked viruses.
“China has nothing to hide,” he said. “China’s timetable for responding to Covid-19 proves that China has no reservations about sharing information with the world,” Chen said.
“Some U.S. politicians are obsessed with stigmatizing the virus by linking it to certain countries.”
He also accused the United States of using traceability to “smear and attack” China. Xiaodong said that the United States should stop blaming China and focus on saving lives.
He added that traceability takes time. Many American scientists have been involved in the traceability of diseases such as spinach flu and Ebola. Some of these cases have not been resolved until today, but added that with Covid-19, the United States has laid the foundation. Blame it on China.
“Like all countries in the world, China is a victim of Covid-19, and we all hope to find out the source of this virus as soon as possible,” he said.
