As U.S. calls for focus on covid origins, China repeats speculation about U.S. military base

May 28, 2021

© Andy Wong/AP In this Feb. 24 photo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks during a daily briefing at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Beijing. Describing Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., as “full of suspicion,” Zhao said the United States needed to open it up to international scrutiny. The virus that has gone on to kill at least 3.48 million people worldwide was first detected in the city in central China. There has been increasing pressure recently to not discard the lab theory and to investigate the origins of the virus more thoroughly. As WHO coronavirus mission leaves empty-handed, China claims propaganda winBiden asks intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine definitive origin of the coronavirus