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China says US should be probed for COVID-19 outbreak origin
By Emily Jacobs
February 8, 202
China’s ambassador to the United States would not commit to granting World Health Organization investigators full access to the country as it probes the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the WHO should investigate the US too.
Speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in a wide-ranging interview Sunday, Ambassador Cui Tiankai attempted to turn the tables on the US after being asked about claims the novel virus originated in a lab in the Wuhan province.
“I think when people make accusations, they have to prove these accusations. And to say these things at the time when we’re still faced with the pandemic is against the spirit of humanitarianism,” the top Chinese diplomat told the network, going on to allege that “an expert group from the WHO is working in Wuhan with their Chinese counterpart.”
“They are working very hard. They are trying to look at all the facts. We are very supportive to their work,” Cui continued.
Still, he noted, “there’s a certainly need for more tracing to be done all over the world in order to really trace down the origin of the virus.”
Pressed further on the matter, specifically whether scientists would be allowed to have full access to China from WHO officials, Cui would not say.
Instead, he asked why the US was not also being investigated.
“They are already in Wuhan,” he said, “They have been in Wuhan for quite a few days. My questions is, will they be allowed to come here to do the same thing?”
In an op-ed by Cui published last May in the Washington Post, the ambassador took a slightly different tone, acknowledging that the first known case of the virus was in Wuhan.
Still, he argued, “this means only that Wuhan was the first victim of the virus. To ask a victim for compensation is simply ridiculous.”
nypost.com
By Emily Jacobs
February 8, 202
China’s ambassador to the United States would not commit to granting World Health Organization investigators full access to the country as it probes the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the WHO should investigate the US too.
Speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in a wide-ranging interview Sunday, Ambassador Cui Tiankai attempted to turn the tables on the US after being asked about claims the novel virus originated in a lab in the Wuhan province.
“I think when people make accusations, they have to prove these accusations. And to say these things at the time when we’re still faced with the pandemic is against the spirit of humanitarianism,” the top Chinese diplomat told the network, going on to allege that “an expert group from the WHO is working in Wuhan with their Chinese counterpart.”
“They are working very hard. They are trying to look at all the facts. We are very supportive to their work,” Cui continued.
Still, he noted, “there’s a certainly need for more tracing to be done all over the world in order to really trace down the origin of the virus.”
Pressed further on the matter, specifically whether scientists would be allowed to have full access to China from WHO officials, Cui would not say.
Instead, he asked why the US was not also being investigated.
“They are already in Wuhan,” he said, “They have been in Wuhan for quite a few days. My questions is, will they be allowed to come here to do the same thing?”
In an op-ed by Cui published last May in the Washington Post, the ambassador took a slightly different tone, acknowledging that the first known case of the virus was in Wuhan.
Still, he argued, “this means only that Wuhan was the first victim of the virus. To ask a victim for compensation is simply ridiculous.”
China says US should be probed for COVID-19 outbreak origin
China’s ambassador to the United States would not commit to granting World Health Organization investigators full access to the country as it probes the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, …
nypost.com
