WHO Denied US claims that Coronavirus Was Created in China's Laboratory

The World Health Organization (WHO) denied the US authorities statements who accused China of artificially creating the new coronavirus. The WHO noted that the United States did not provide any evidence of this claim. Previously, WHO announced a study of the genome which showed that the virus has a natural origin. This reported hromadske with reference to CNN. “We have not received any evidence from the US government regarding the alleged coronavirus origin. Therefore, from our point of view such statements remain speculative,” Michael Ryan, head of the WHO emergency health program said. Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that there is “considerable evidence” that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has spread from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. On April 30, US President Donald Trump claimed to have seen evidence of the artificial origin of coronavirus which was allegedly developed in a Chineese laboratory. At the same time, the American intelligence community has denied having such an evidence. So, intelligence agencies in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand issued a report accusing China of destroying and hiding data on COVID-19. As to the BBC, Beijing is facing a growing wave of hostility over the coronavirus pandemic, which could lead to a confrontation with the United States. This stated the analytical report for the Chinese authorities, Reuters learned from people who read the document. The report was compiled by the Chinese Academy of International Relations, affiliated with the PRC Ministry of State Security and presented in early April to PRC President Xi Jinping and other members of senior management, Reuters reported. Its authors came to the conclusion that anti-Chinese sentiment in the world has not been so high since the suppression of protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. After the pandemic, Beijing will have to deal with a wave of anti-Chinese sentiments, primarily from the United States, the document says and it needs to be prepared for the worst-case scenario involving military clashes between the two powers, anonymous Reuters sources said.