Chinanews.com, Beijing, August 16 (Reporter Li Jingze) Recently, media reported that Ambarek, the foreign leader of the China-WHO Joint Expert Group on the Traceability of New Coronavirus, said in an interview with Danish media that leaks from Chinese laboratories would not be ruled out. The possibility of a virus.

In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in Beijing on the 16th that this is a piece of fake news.

　　A reporter asked questions. According to the Washington Post, Ambarek, an expert on the traceability of new crown pneumonia at the WHO Secretariat and the foreign leader of the China-WHO Joint Expert Group, said during a recent interview with the Danish media that China’s experiment would not be ruled out. The laboratory staff were infected with the virus in the process of conducting bat virus research and brought out the possibility of the laboratory.

The wording of the hypothesis “extremely improbable” leaked by the laboratory in the traceability report does not mean impossible, but unlikely.

what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?

　　"The China Post report you mentioned is a fake news. This report also says that Mr. Ambarek has told China Post that he made an error when he translated his statement from Danish into English when he was interviewed. The spokesperson of the WHO also claimed that there was a translation error, and the interview was completed a few months ago. The Danish media has not broadcast a program until now, and has taken his words out of context and put them on the Internet, deliberately Misinterpreting his point of view." Hua Chunying pointed out that as the leader of the joint traceability expert group, Ambarek has always maintained the China-WHO joint research report on the traceability of the new coronavirus.

　　Hua Chunying said that Mr. Ambarek himself also stated at the press conference of the China-WHO Joint Research Expert Group on Traceability on February 9, 2021 that it is extremely unlikely that the Wuhan Institute of Virology leaked from the laboratory to cause the Wuhan epidemic.

　　Hua Chunying emphasized that the formation of the China-WHO New Coronavirus Traceability Joint Report completely followed the WHO procedures and adopted scientific methods. It has been proven to be a valuable, authoritative, and scientific test. , And a report that can withstand the test of history, this report has become the basis and guide for global traceability work.

Any attempt to overthrow or distort the conclusions of the joint research report is political manipulation and disrespect for global scientists and science.

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