China Says It’s Made Alternative Proposal For Virus Origin Probe
- Beijing says ‘science-based’ plan should span multiple nations
- U.S. has pushed theory that Covid-19 leaked from Chinese lab
Source: NIAID
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China says it’s put forward alternative parameters for a second probe into the origins of Covid-19 that should span multiple countries, Beijing’s latest move to counter a push by the U.S. for a deeper investigation into the theory the virus leaked from a Wuhan lab.
China, where the coronavirus that caused the pandemic first emerged, submitted a counterproposal for how the second phase of the World Health Organization’s study should be conducted, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular press briefing in Beijing on Thursday. He didn’t specify when or to which body the proposal had been submitted.