China lashes out at US over ‘fake news’ ahead of Covid origins report

The Chinese government has stepped up its aggressive resistance against efforts by Western scientists to probe Covid’s origins – and is accusing the US of spreading fake news about laboratories in Wuhan. Ahead of US intelligence experts finalising a report demanded by President Joe Biden into the pandemic’s cause, which is expected on Tuesday, Beijing officials have demanded that Washington opens for public scrutiny a US military laboratory in Maryland. In this tit-for-tat, it is understood that US analysts have obtained data and research by Wuhan laboratories in order to…