United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to rule out that the deadly virus leaked out of a laboratory in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan and has pressed China to allow inspectors into sensitive laboratories, voicing concern about their security amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.

“You have to remember — these labs are still open inside of China these labs that contain complex pathogens that were being studied. It's not just the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” Pompeo told reporters.

He renewed concerns that China has not shared a sample of the initially detected virus.

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