An-Najah News - U.S. government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China said President Donald Trump .
General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that U.S intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally, as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China, but there is no certainty either way becuase the source of the virus remains a mystery.
Report have suggested the Wuhan lab where virology experiments take place and lax safety standards there led to someone getting infected and appearing at a nearby “wet” market, where the virus began to spread.
The virus originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China’s effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States.
China says WHO has said no evidence coronavirus was made in a lab
At a White House news conference Trump was asked about the reports of the virus escaping from the Wuhan lab, and he said he was aware of them.