Those who stigmatize China on COVID-19 have failed their own people - Chinese envoy

• Some politicians who were stigmatizing China on COVID-19 were trying to cover up their own failures
• Until now, the authoritative scientific community still holds that the virus came from nature

By JAMILA HUSAIN   

China has reacted strongly against some countries who have called for an international investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 and China’s early response to the outbreak, stating that while China was open to international co-operation, these politicians who have made such calls do not represent the mainstream opinions of the global community.  

Hu Wei, Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka, in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror said that some politicians who were stigmatizing China on COVID-19 were trying to cover up their own failures by not being able to prevent and control the pandemic in their own countries and their administrations were going to be held accountable for that by their people.  Wei further rubbished allegations that the COVID-19 had originated in a secret lab in Wuhan, stating that until now, the authoritative scientific community still holds that the virus came from nature, with more and more evidence supporting their conclusion.   

‘It’s a pity that there are always people who prefer to believe lies or rumors rather than facts and science,’  Wei said.