Shopping White house adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday urged China to prove that the laboratory in Wuhan did not play any role in pandemic coronavirus, and accused the country in the accumulation of personal protective equipment and profit from the flash.
Navarro made his statement on Fox News program «Sunday Morning Futures», accusing China that he has taken actions that have exacerbated the crisis and «led to the deaths of many people around the world.»
«First, the virus appeared in China. Second, they hid the virus in a shield world health organization. Thirdly, they have accumulated personal protective equipment and now benefit from it,» said Navarro.
US officials are reportedly investigating, could the virus to «escape» from the Chinese laboratory. Laboratory — Wuhan Institute of Virology , has denied the information about the production of the virus within its walls.
«We know that the epicenter of the virus was but a few miles from the laboratory, — said Navarro. — If you use the approach of «Occam’s razor» which States that the simplest explanation is the most likely, I think that China must prove that it is not the laboratory.»
Navarro also noted that China has used its «influence» in the world health organization for «concealing the virus from the world» in the first weeks after the outbreak.
«At that time the virus can stay in Wuhan, he said. Instead five million Chinese left China and spread the virus around the world.»
Last week President Donald trump announced that the United States suspended payments to the who due to the fact that the organization is not enough to inform the world in the early stages of the pandemic.
According to USA Today, in January-February, exports to the US surgical masks, breathing apparatus and other protective gear from China has increased dramatically.
