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

Laboratory technicians wearing personal protective equipment working on samples to be tested for COVID-19 at the Fire Eye laboratory, a COVID-19 testing facility, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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.