Donald Trump has said he is confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab. The US president made the sensational accusation that he has "seen evidence" that Covid-19 originated in a Wuhan lab, not a wildlife market, at a White House media event.
He declined to describe the evidence, but his remarks will ratchet up tensions with Beijing over the origins of the deadly disease.
He also speculated whether China had made a "mistake" at the start of the outbreak or whether anyone had done "something on purpose".
Trump did not mince words at a White House event on Thursday, when asked if he had seen evidence that gave him a "high degree of confidence" the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. "Yes, yes I