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Chinese officials have continued to cast doubt on the widely held belief that COVID-19 originated in China’s Hubei province in late 2019. Last month a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry suggested, without providing proof, that the virus could have originated in a laboratory in Maryland, USA.
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Chinese officials have continued to cast doubt on the widely held belief that COVID-19 originated in China s Hubei province in late 2019. Last month a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry suggested, without providing proof, that the virus could have originated in a laboratory in Maryland, USA.
Chinese commentators have previously suggested the epidemic could have begun in Italy or been spread to Wuhan by visiting American troops.
In response the BBC commented: We stand by our accurate and fair reporting of events in China and totally reject these unfounded accusations of fake news or ideological bias.