Donald Trump claims he has a "high degree of confidence" the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab. The US president told attendees at a White House media event that he has "seen evidence" Covid-19 can be traced back to a Wuhan lab.
President Trump declined to provide any more details about the evidence when pressed, but his sensational comments are sure to ramp up tensions with Beijing over the origins of the deadly virus, the Mirror reports.
After being asked if he had seen the evidence for himself, Trump said: "Yes, yes I have."He speculated whether China had made a "mistake" at the start of the outbreak or whether anyone had done "something on purpose".But when pushed on the specifics of what he had witnessed, he