Wang: Political virus also needs origin-tracing

This undated photo shows State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

CHENGDU – The novel coronavirus needs origin-tracing, and so does the political virus, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday.

Wang made the remarks while meeting the press with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto when responding to how China views a small number of countries using the origin-tracing of the novel coronavirus as a pretext to attack and smear China. 

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