Mike Pompeo blames Chinese laboratory in Wuhan for coronavirus outbreak

May 3, 2020

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(200424) -- WUHAN, April 24, 2020 -- Medical worker Ma Menglin (R) takes care of a COVID-19 patient whose nucleic acid test result has turned negative in a ward at the west campus of the Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, central China s Hubei Province, April 24, 2020. The number of COVID-19 patients in serious condition in Wuhan, the central China city once hardest hit by the epidemic, has dropped to zero, a health official said Friday. ) CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-SEVERE COVID-19 CASES-ZERO (CN) ShenxBohan
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a news briefing with members of the Coronavirus Task Force at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Copyright: xChrisxKleponisx
(200324) -- WUHAN, March 24, 2020 -- Firefighters gather to prepare for disinfection works at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China s Hubei Province, March 24, 2020. Over 70 firefighters conducted a comprehensive disinfection at the railway station on Tuesday. (Photo by Xinhua) CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-RAILWAY STATION-DISINFECTION (CN) HexHanqiu
(200324) -- WUHAN, March 24, 2020 -- Firefighters conduct disinfection on the platform of Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China s Hubei Province, March 24, 2020. Over 70 firefighters conducted a comprehensive disinfection at the railway station on Tuesday. (Photo by Xinhua) CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-RAILWAY STATION-DISINFECTION (CN) HexHanqiu
(200305) -- WASHINGTON, March 5, 2020 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 5, 2020. Pompeo said Thursday the increasing violence in some parts of Afghanistan was unacceptable, urging warring parties to stop posturing before intra-Afghan peace talks. ) U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-POMPEO-PRESS BRIEFING-AFGHANISTAN LiuxJie
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 28, 2020. WAP20200128013 TASOSxKATOPODIS
News Bilder des Tages Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Pompeo spoke on Afghan peace process, Russian meddling in the U.S. elections and the spreading coronavirus. WAP20200225306 KEVINxDIETSCH
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Pompeo spoke on Afghan peace process, Russian meddling in the U.S. elections and the spreading coronavirus. WAP20200225302 KEVINxDIETSCH
(200213) -- WUHAN, Feb. 13, 2020 -- A staff member works in a laboratory in Wuhan, central China s Hubei Province, Feb. 13, 2020. As a designated service provider of nucleic acid detection of the novel coronavirus, KingMed Diagnostics laboratory in Wuhan conducts non-stop detection service and detects over 2,000 samples from various cities in Hubei Province every day. ) CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-NCP-LABORATORY (CN) ChengxMin
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold a joint press conference after meeting earlier in the day in Beijing on June 14, 2018. Chinese President Xi Jinping told Pompeo that Washington and Beijing should make the most of bilateral mechanisms, amid escalating trade tensions between the world s biggest economies. PEK2018061408 STEPHENxSHAVER
(150131) -- WUHAN, A researcher takes part in a drill at the newly-completed lab in Wuhan, capital of central China s Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2015. China completed its first high level biosafety laboratory based in Wuhan Saturday in Wuhan after more than a decade of construction. The lab will be used to study class four pathogens (P4), which refers to the most virulent viruses that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted person-to-person infections. ) (wyo) CHINA-WUHAN-BIOSAFETY LAB (CN) YinxGang
(150131) -- WUHAN, A researcher puts on a protective suit before entering the newly-completed lab in Wuhan, capital of central China s Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2015. China completed its first high level biosafety laboratory based in Wuhan Saturday in Wuhan after more than a decade of construction. The lab will be used to study class four pathogens (P4), which refers to the most virulent viruses that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted person-to-person infections. ) (wyo) CHINA-WUHAN-BIOSAFETY LAB (CN) YinxGang
(150131) -- WUHAN, Researchers take part in a drill at the newly-completed lab in Wuhan, capital of central China s Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2015. China completed its first high level biosafety laboratory based in Wuhan Saturday in Wuhan after more than a decade of construction. The lab will be used to study class four pathogens (P4), which refers to the most virulent viruses that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted person-to-person infections. ) (wyo) CHINA-WUHAN-BIOSAFETY LAB (CN) YinxGang

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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a news briefing with members of the Coronavirus Task Force at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Copyright: xChrisxKleponisx

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 28, 2020. WAP20200128013 TASOSxKATOPODIS

News Bilder des Tages Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Pompeo spoke on Afghan peace process, Russian meddling in the U.S. elections and the spreading coronavirus. WAP20200225306 KEVINxDIETSCH

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Pompeo spoke on Afghan peace process, Russian meddling in the U.S. elections and the spreading coronavirus. WAP20200225302 KEVINxDIETSCH