The WHO this month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in the city of Wuhan, calling for transparency from authorities. But China has opposed this move. The first known cases emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. The virus was believed to have jumped to humans from animals being sold for food at a city market.

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Backing US President Donald Trump's assertion, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the Coronavirus was made in a lab. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more about how the fight between the US and China is escalating.

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US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo backed President Donald Trump's assertion that coronavirus had originated in a research lab in Wuhan. China state broadcaster CCTV hit back fiercely. Watch report.

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