Britain's Raab: China must address virus origins

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday said China would have some “hard questions” to answer about how the coronavirus pandemic started.

Speaking at the daily government briefing, Raab said there would have to be a “deep dive” review of the crisis, including how the outbreak came about.

The virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and the foreign secretary said the world would need to find out what happened in China in the early days of the pandemic.

He stressed the review of all aspects of the pandemic, including its origins, would have to be based on the science and conducted in a “balanced way”.

But Raab added that there was “no doubt we can’t have business as usual after this crisis”.

The foreign secretary did credit cooperation from Beijing in relation to bringing home stranded Britons in Wuhan and in supplying equipment to deal with the pandemic.Raab is filling in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is convalescing after a weeklong hospital stay to be treated for COVID-19.

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