Radio: China responds after investigations announced into lab leak theory around coronavirus pandemic origins

Updated: May 28, 2021 / 10:07 PM CDT

The question being debated across the medical community and in Washington: did the coronavirus pandemic start naturally or with a leak from the lab that studies coronaviruses located just miles from the wet market the Chinese say it began in.

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) —The question being debated across the medical community and in Washington: did the coronavirus pandemic start naturally or with a leak from the lab that studies coronaviruses located just miles from the wet market the Chinese say it began in.

Long-time China watchers say the country is following their standard playbook when it comes to sensitive situations: Admit nothing, deny everything, make counter-accusations.