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Washington is going to publicly accuse China of trying to hack US investigations into a coronavirus vaccine , two US newspapers reported Monday.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are planning to issue a warning about Chinese hackers, at a time when government and private initiatives are racing against the clock to get a vaccine , the US daily The Wall Street Journal reported. The New York Times.

According to reports, several US officials accuse the pirates of being linked to the Chinese government . The warning will be issued in the coming days. Asked by AFP, the US diplomacy declined to confirm or deny the information.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian rejected the accusations, saying his country strongly opposes cyber attacks.

"We are leading the global investigation for treatment and a vaccine for Covid-19," said the minister, who assured that it is "immoral" to attack China with rumors and slander in the absence of "evidence."

The United States has a long battle with China, which it accuses of industrial espionage , and the defense of intellectual property was at the center of the trade war between the two powers.

But this new accusation could further cloud severely deteriorated relations since the appearance of the new coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.

The government of Donald Trump accuses the Chinese authorities of having been late in alerting the world to the epidemic and of having concealed its extension, reason why it considers that they are "responsible" for the planetary spread , which has caused an unprecedented economic crisis. .

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