U.S. attempts to weaken China through politicizing COVID-19 origins tracing: Lebanese doctor

STORY: U.S. attempts to weaken China through politicizing COVID-19 origins tracing: Lebanese doctor DATELINE: July 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of White Housevarious of street view in ChinaSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID MAHMOUD, Director of Irfan HospitalSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): WALID MAHMOUD, Director of Irfan Hospital STORYLINE: A senior Lebanese doctor has said the U.S. is attempting to weaken China through politicizing COVID-19 origins tracing. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID MAHMOUD, Director of Irfan Hospital The People's Republic of China made great efforts in containing the virus and controlling it in a great way. They are among the first countries to be able to control it in a complete way while it was spread in other countries of the world, despite the big number of population in China and its big cities. As for the tracking of the virus, they played a big role, they tried to communicate with the World Health Organization and international experts