China has insisted it is a victim of Covid-19 rather than a culprit, issuing a statement on April 20, 2020, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to officially reject accusations by the US that the coronavirus that causes the disease may have originated in a Wuhan laboratory. US President Donald Trump said on April 19 that the US was talking to China about sending a team of experts to the country to investigate the Covid-19 outbreak first detected in the central Chinese city.