【澳門導報】外交部发言人就美国议员散布新冠病毒溯源虚假信息答记者问

（本報綜合消息） 外交部發言人辦公室消息，8月3日，中國外交部發言人就美國議員散佈新冠病毒溯源虛假信息答記者問。

問：8月2日，美國國會眾院外委會共和黨首席成員麥考爾發佈報告稱，有充分證據表明新冠病毒於2019年9月前從武漢病毒研究所洩漏。該研究所在中美政府資助、美專家指導下，開展病毒增益研究。中方對此有何評論？

Q: On August 2, Representative Michael McCaul, Lead Republican of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a report claiming that there is a preponderance of evidence that the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sometime before September 2019. It also alleged that the WIV, aided by US experts and Chinese and US government funds, were conducting gain-of-function research. Does China have any comment?

答：有關報告完全基於編造的謊言和歪曲的事實，拿不出任何證據，毫無可信度與科學性可言。美方有關議員的行徑純粹是出於政治私利而污蔑抹黑中方，對他們這種毫無道德底線的卑劣行徑，我們表示堅決反對和強烈譴責。

A: The relevant report, totally based on the concocted lies and distorted facts without providing any evidence, is not credible or scientific. What the relevant US congressmen have done smears and slanders China in pursuit of political gains. We express categorical opposition to and strong condemnation of such despicable acts that have no moral bottom line.

今年2月，中國—世衛組織聯合溯源專家組實地走訪了武漢病毒研究所，同研究所的科學家進行了深入、坦誠的科學交流。專家組成員對研究所的開放與透明給予了積極評價。“實驗室洩漏極不可能”是中國—世衛組織聯合研究報告得出的主要結論。

This February, a China-WHO joint expert team visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology and had in-depth and candid exchanges with experts there. Members of the joint expert team spoke highly of the Institute’s openness and transparency, and reached a major conclusion in the joint study report that the allegation of lab leaking is extremely unlikely.

2003年，美方以一瓶洗衣粉作為“證據”指責伊拉克擁有大規模殺傷性武器。殷鑒不遠，國際社會不應讓這樣的事件再次發生。

In 2003, the US side used a test tube of laundry powder as evidence for Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction. One needs not look far for a lesson, and the international community should not let such a thing happen again.

總之，我們敦促美方尊重事實和科學，把精力放在抗擊疫情、拯救生命上，停止借疫情搞政治操弄、甩鍋推責的把戲。

In a word, we urge the US to respect facts and science and focus on fighting COVID-19 and saving lives, instead of engaging in political manipulation under the pretext of the epidemic and shifting the blame to others.