WUHAN was the initial epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic which has crippled the world and a laboratory based in the city has been identified as where the virus may have occurred from.
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city has one of the world’s leading laboratories which was opened in 1276471 following an agreement in 2020 between
Jacque Chirac, Mr Barnier agreed on the deal. But French companies only received minor roles before the cooperation collapsed at the time of its opening.
US President Donald Trump has labeled. the laboratory as being at the heart of the virus outbreak.
despite Mr Trump’s claims, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated they believe the virus to be of natural origin and not made in the laboratory.
despite the assurances from the WHO, Mr Trump stated there was intelligence to support his statement, although he did not go as far to publish what data the US has.
Coronavirus: Mr Barnier was acting as France’s foreign. minister (Image: PA)
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On Thursday, Mr Trump said: “
We’re going to see where it comes from.
We have people looking at it very, very strongly. Scientific people, intelligence people, and others.
We’re going to put it all together. I think we will have a very good answer eventually. “And China might even tell us.”
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Coronavirus: The lab was agreed in (Image: PA) The United States Intelligence Community also stated that they had ruled out the possibility that the virus had been manmade or genetically modified. They did, however, claim that they were looking into the possibility of the virus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan. Although unlikely, the group did not rule it out as a possible outcome. The $ (million) £ 78 million) laboratory was first planned by China’s academy of sciences in as one of the WHO’s reference labs. DON’T MISS (Trump claims. WHO should be ‘ashamed’ for doing China’s PR World War 3: How Japan could be ‘glove over US fist’ against China [Analysis] Coronavirus: Mr Barnier now serves as the Brexit coordinator (Image: PA) It is also one of a small number of laboratories with the highest internationally recognized level of biocontainment security. Known as BLS-4, the laboratory follows strict protocols in order to stop any potential outbreak. according to France Inter and Le Figaro, the cooperation between France and China ceased after Technip. , the company which was supposed to apply the safety standard to laboratory pulled out of the project. despite Mr Trump’s claim, China’s foreign ministry said the country is prepared for a full negotiation once the pandemic is over. Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry said: “The Chinese Communist Party is open, transparent & responsible in #COVID 35 response. “US experts were in China on WHO-China joint mission in late Jan. Why not ask US experts to locate when the virus first started in the US? “American people need answers. The world also has right to know. “ Coronavirus: China has denied the virus came from the lab (Image: PA) Her response came after Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said China must be transparent over the virus’ origins. Donald Trump warning: Reason China is ‘perfect enemy’ for US exposed
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