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• WHO official says agency not invited to take part in China's coronavirus investigation
• Experts call for Japan to keep current framework of virus containment
• Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs

WHO official says agency not invited to take part in China's coronavirus investigation Posted: 01 May 2020 09:01 AM PDT "The priority is we need to know as much as possible to prevent the reoccurrence," Dr. Gauden Galea said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Experts call for Japan to keep current framework of virus containment Posted: 01 May 2020 12:03 AM PDT Japan's coronavirus experts said it was desirable for the nation to keep its current framework of coronavirus containment policies until the number of new infections fell to a certain level, according to Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura. The experts also said that some regions needed to keep strict restrictions in place while others could start to ease them, Nishimura quoted them as telling a government panel meeting on Friday. Speaking at a news conference following the meeting, Nishimura also said the government would hold an advisory committee meeting to decide on the government's policy before the current state of emergency ends on May 6. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs Posted: 30 Apr 2020 06:03 PM PDT US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed the United States shed more than 30 million jobs in six weeks, as lockdown measures began to bite across the nation. The virus is believed to have originated late last year in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that sold wild animals for human consumption, but speculation has swirled about a top-secret lab in the ground-zero city. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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