China Continues to Block US Probe Into Origins of COVID-19

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to hamper U.S. efforts to determine the origin of COVID-19, according to Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio).

The lawmakers made the comments during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired on March 5, when Himes noted that it “may be forever” before Washington knows exactly where the virus originated from.

“We have so few facts because the Chinese regime has obfuscated,” said Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

The interview follows reports last month that the Department of Energy (DOE) had allegedly concluded in a classified document sent to the White House that a lab leak was the likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.