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Coronavirus: Beijing refutes US claim of vaccine theft as ‘smearing’


Beijing accused the United States on Thursday of smearing China after Washington alleged Chinese hackers were attempting to steal research on developing a vaccine against the coronavirus.

The claims have added fuel to tensions between the global superpowers, who have traded barbs over the origin of the pandemic that has killed 300,000 people.

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 14, 2020. Photo: Hector Retamal/AFP.

US authorities said Wednesday that Chinese hackers were trying to obtain coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, warning the effort involved Chinese government-affiliated groups and others.

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