Top US general says 'no conclusive evidence' on origin of coronavirus

In stark contrast with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s assessment, top US general said that it is still unkwn wher vel coronavirus originated from a wet market or some laboratory in China. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news conference on May 5 that US government is looking into issue but indicated that it was probably t intentional.

"We don't have conclusive evidence in any of that, but weight of evidence is that it was probably t intentional," chairman said.

However, General Milley called on China to open up and allow inspectors and investigators to visit in full transparency so that world can kw original source of virus outbreak. He ded that investigation will allow governments to apply lessons learned to prevent outbreaks in future.

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'Remains speculative'

Earlier, World Health Organisation (WHO) h also said comments of Pompeo over origin of vel coronavirus were “speculative”. During a television interview on May 3, top US diplomat h said that re is “significant amount” of evidence that virus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.

Dr Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told a virtual press conference that UN health ncy has t received any data-specific evidence from US government relating to purported origin of virus. He ded that if data and evidence are available, n it will be for United States government to decide wher and when it can be shared.

“So from our perspective, this remains speculative,” said Ryan.

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origin of SARS-CoV-2 is t kwn but preliminary studies suggested that bats could be source since coronavirus present in bats has a geme that is 96 per cent identical to vel coronavirus. It is believed that pangolin was immediate host because bat coronavirus cant bind to receptors in human cells, however, re has t been any concrete evidence.

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(Im: AP)