Deputy Health Secretary: ‘No Information Whatsoever’ That Coronavirus Is Chinese Bioweapon

People still in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus stand on balconies of the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Feb. 18, 2020. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. assistant secretary for health responded to speculation that the new coronavirus strain is the product of Chinese bioweapons research.

“We have no information whatsoever about this being a manufactured virus,” Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health, told reporters Tuesday.