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Trump claims Coronavirus originated in a lab

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

12:59 1 May 2020


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After last week's disinfectant controversy, the US President is now fuelling conspiracy theories that Covid-19 originated in a lab.

That's despite US intelligence saying that the virus "was not man made or genetically modified".

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected the lab theory.

A spokesperson said the virus should be studied by scientists and professionals and the US should spend its time on "better controlling the pandemic at home".

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