China must be 'more honest' on COVID origins, envoy says

China should be honest on COVID origin, says US envoy

His comments come a day after US media reported that a federal agency had found the pandemic probably started from a laboratory leak in Wuhan.

China needs to be ‘more honest’ on the origins of COVID-19, says US ambassador; Beijing responds

The United States ambassador to China said Beijing must be “more honest” about the origins of COVID-19, on Monday (February 27). This comes after the US Energy Department report concluded that the pandemic may have been a Chinese laboratory leak, as per media reports. A similar claim was made by the FBI in a report two years ago where they determined that the virus was part of a lab leak, albeit with “moderate confidence”. The next day, China res

China must be ‘more honest’ on Covid origins, U.S. ambassador says

China must be “more honest” about the origins of Covid-19, said Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, in remarks that were criticized by Beijing.

China must be 'more honest' on COVID origins, envoy says

China needs to 'be more honest about what happened three years ago in Wuhan with the origin of the COVID-19 crisis,' says the US ambassador to China, referring to the central Chinese city where the first human cases were reported in December 2019

China must be ‘more honest’ on COVID-19 origins, envoy says

China must be more honest about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Monday, after reports that the U.S. Energy Department concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak.

China needs to be ‘more honest’ about COVID origins, US ambassador says

The top US envoy to China declared that the country’s government must be “more honest” about the origins of COVID-19 on Monday, one day after a bombshell report revealed that the Energy Department has concluded that the virus likely leaked out of a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan.