Pompeo Repeats Calls for China to Allow US Access to Virology Labs

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus speaks at the State Department in Washington on April 29, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed calls for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to provide the United States with access to its virology labs—specifically the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

“Look, we still haven’t gained access—the world hasn’t gained access to the WIV, the virology institute there,” Pompeo told reporters during an April 29 briefing at the State Department. “We don’t know precisely where this virus originated from.”