Australia Demands CCP Virus Enquiry, Adding to Pressure on China

Australia Demands CCP Virus Enquiry, Adding to Pressure on China
(L) Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 13, 2019. (R) Foreign Minister Marise Payne in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 1, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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MELBOURNE—Australia on Sunday added to growing pressure on China over its handling of the CCP virus, questioning its transparency and demanding an international investigation into the origins of the virus and how it spread.

The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, which emerged from mainland China last year, causes the disease COVID-19.