Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
PM Justin Trudeau
PM Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he supports the call by the United States and others to better understand the origins of COVID-19.
He says these efforts will not only ensure accountability but also full understanding of how to protect the world from any future pandemics.
Trudeau says he knows there are ``a lot of theories out there,'' but a full and complete airing of the facts is necessary to actually understand what happened and prevent it from happening again.
President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence officials to ``redouble'' their efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory.
After months of minimizing the possibility the coronavirus emerged from a lab accident, Biden's administration is responding to U.S. and world pressure for China to be more open about the outbreak.