Caption: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis Photographer: LEAH MILLIS Provider: REUTERS Source: X90205 (Credits: REUTERS)
2020年4月15日，在美國華盛頓白宮的玫瑰花園舉行簡報會。唐納·川普（Donald Trump）拒絕駁回美國的情報報告，即Covid-19起源於中國武漢市的病毒學實驗室。
川普沒有否認福克斯新聞白宮通訊員約翰·羅伯茨對他的說法，他說：「多個消息來源告訴福克斯，美國政府現在對冠狀病毒是一種天然存在的病毒充滿信心，它是從中國武漢的病毒學實驗室產生的。「由於安全協議鬆懈，一名實習生被感染，後來感染了她的男朋友，然後去了武漢的海鮮市場，在那裡開始傳播，這與您所聽到的相符嗎？」川普回答：「我不想說，但我要告訴你，約翰，越來越多的人在聽這個故事，我們將拭目以待。」川普似乎也證實了羅伯茨的聯絡人的評論，並說：「而當你說多個消息來源時在某些情況下，您可以使用「來源」一詞。但是我們正在對這種可怕的情況進行徹底的檢查。」
唐納·川普說，美國已經「過了冠狀病毒危機的高峰」，川普沒有否認一位記者對Covid-19的指控。當被問及他是否曾與中國國家主席習近平討論過此事，川普暗示兩位領導人確實討論了武漢病毒學研究所的情況，並說：「我不想討論我和他談過的關於實驗室的事情。我只是不想討論它。現在不合適。「
羅伯茨的評論似乎支持以前的報導，聲稱Covid-19不是由病毒學研究所的科學家有意製造的，但由於那裡的實驗安全性過低，它從動物跳到了人類。周二，《華盛頓郵報》報導說，早在2018年，武漢的美國官員就警告了武漢工廠的潛在危險程序——早在2018年，武漢工廠就獲得了美國政府的370萬美元資助，當時科學家正在研究蝙蝠中的冠狀病毒。 2018年3月27日，WIV發布了一份新聞稿，介紹了武漢總領事賈米森·富斯（Jamison Fouss）和大使館環境科學技術與健康顧問瑞克·斯威策（Rick Switzer）所進行的訪問。據報導，這不是美國官員第一次訪問實驗室-他們對安全和管理問題如此關注，以至於他們向華盛頓發送了兩條廣為人知的外交電報。羅金聲稱已獲得第一條電報，其中包括有關實驗室對蝙蝠冠狀病毒及其跳入人類能力的研究的警告。 2018年1月19日發送的電報說：「在與WIV實驗室的科學家進行互動時，他們注意到新實驗室嚴重缺乏安全操作該高汙染實驗室所需的經過適當培訓的技術人員和研究人員。」去年年底在武漢被確診，其他報導推測該動物可能已經從該城市的海鮮市場上的一種動物中「跳出來」，在那裡，人們宰殺活體動物作為食物。
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以下為E文原文
Donald Trump hints he believes coronavirus came from Wuhan virus lab
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2020.
Donald Trump has refused to dismiss US intelligence reports that Covid-19 originated in a virology lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Trump did not deny claims put to him by Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts, who said: 『Multiple sources are telling Fox the US government now has high confidence that while the coronavirus is a naturally occurring virus, it emanated from a virology lab in Wuhan 『Because of lax safety protocols an intern was infected who later infected her boyfriend and then went to the wet market in wuhan where it began to spread does that correspond (with what you have heard?)』 Trump answered: 『I don’t want to say that John, but I will tell you, more and more were hearing the story and we』ll see.』 Trump also appeared to confirm the comments made by Roberts』 contacts, saying: 『And when you’re saying multiple sources theres a case when you can use the word sources sources. But we are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation.』
Donald Trump says US has 『passed the peak』 of coronavirus crisis Trump did not dismiss claims put to him by one journalist that Covid-19 had accidentally spread from Pressed whether he had discussed the matter with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump suggested that the two leaders had indeed discussed goings on at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, saying: 『I don’t want to discuss what I talked to him about the laboratory. I just don’t want to discuss it. It’s inappropriate right now.』 Roberts』 comments appears to back previous reports claiming that Covid-19 was not deliberately engineered by scientists in the Virology Institute, but that it jumped from an animal to a human being as a result of safety lapses during experiments there On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that US officials in Wuhan had warned of the potentially dangerous procedures at the Wuhan facility – which received $3.7million of US government funding – as far back as 2018, while scientists there were researching coronavirus in bats. On March 27, 2018, the WIV released a press statement about a visit it received from Jamison Fouss, the consul general in Wuhan, and Rick Switzer, the US embassy’s counselor of environment, science, technology and health. It was reportedly not the first time US officials visited the lab – where they were so concerned with safety and management problems that they sent two diplomatic cables, also known as a diplomatic telegram, to Washington, according to Post columnist Josh Rogin. Rogin claims to have obtained the first cable, which includes a warning about the lab’s research on bat coronaviruses and their ability to jump to humans. 『During interactions with scientists at the WIV laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,』 according to the cable sent on January 19, 2018. Coronavirus was first diagnosed in Wuhan late last year, with other reports speculating that it may have 『jumped』 from an animal to a human at the city’s wet market, where live animals are slaughtered for food.