US-China tensions over 'lab leak' theory hamper hunt for Covid-19 origins | South China Morning Post

The failure of an American intelligence report to determine how the virus that causes Covid-19 emerged has not stopped a backlash against it from China , as the search for the origins of the novel coronavirus has become caught up in tensions between the two countries. But medical and global health experts say the inconclusive findings highlight the need for more scientific research and transparency, as the clock ticks towards two years since the pathogen was thought to have begun spreading in people and multiple theories remain in play about how that happened. China responds with fury to US hunt…