BEIJING: Beijing accused Washington on Wednesday (Mar 1) of harming its own credibility after a top US intelligence official said his agency believed the COVID-19 pandemic 'most likely'
told Fox News on Tuesday that the Bureau has now assessed the source of COVID-19 was"most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan"."The United States once again stirs up the laboratory leak theory, which will not discredit China, which will further lower its own credibility," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing on Wednesday.
The department's findings are significant because it works with a network of national laboratories, including some that do advanced biological research. In Tuesday's interview, Wray also accused the Chinese government of trying to stall US efforts to investigate the causes of the pandemic.
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