The call of the Minister of economic development of Germany Gerd Muller to China to provide data on the origin COVID-19 not approved by the German government, said at a briefing in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mueller informed the media group Funke has urged Beijing to be open-minded on the question of the circumstances of the emergence of a new type of coronavirus, the first outbreak of which occurred in Wuhan.
"No, it was not agreed, we haven’t talked about it. The German government is undergoing debate on this bill for a long time. Believe that the more transparent China will present the story of the origin of this virus, the better for us all" – said Merkel.
The US President Donald trump said earlier that the U.S. side considers the version that the coronavirus COVID-19 originated in the laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan and intends to establish its origin. Trump has threatened China of the consequences if it turns out that Beijing deliberately allowed the flash COVID-19. Earlier, the Chinese foreign Ministry said that China from the beginning followed an open and responsible position regarding the publication of data about the epidemic coronavirus infection.
World health organization March 11 announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest world health organization, worldwide there were more than 2.24 million infections, more than 152 thousand people died.
Relevant data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
