Beijing lambastes Harvard coronavirus study as 'disinformation'

Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2020

Beijing on Thursday criticised a preliminary study by US researchers suggesting the coronavirus may have been circulating in China since August 2019, calling it proof of a disinformation campaign. The virus first emerged late last year in the central city of Wuhan, but the US has repeatedly accused China of a lack of transparency about the outbreak and its origins. The new paper by resea