2500萬人簽名要求調(diào)查德特里克堡

An online petition for a thorough investigation of a biological laboratory at Fort Detrick in the US concluded on Friday, garnering 25 million signatures in just three weeks.

由一批中國網(wǎng)友委托《環(huán)球時報》發(fā)起的、要求徹底調(diào)查美國德特里克堡生物實驗室的聯(lián)署活動于8月7日零時結(jié)束，三周內(nèi)共2500萬人簽名。

The petition, which a group of Chinese internet users drafted and entrusted the Global Times to post on social media, was launched on July 17 and received 500,000 signatures in 24 hours and 1 million in 48 hours.

該活動7月17日在社交媒體上啟動后，24小時內(nèi)即獲50萬人簽名，48小時內(nèi)簽名人數(shù)就超過100萬。

The investigation should look at the origins of COVID-19 as related to the Maryland laboratory as well as the laboratory's safety, the organizers said.

組織方稱，網(wǎng)民要求就新冠病毒溯源問題調(diào)查位于美國馬里蘭州的德特里克堡生物實驗室，與此同時還要調(diào)查實驗室安全性問題。

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on July 26 that the US needs to explain why it remains silent on opening the Fort Detrick laboratory to an investigation.

外交部發(fā)言人趙立堅7月26日表示，美方為何在開放德特里克堡調(diào)查的問題上保持沉默，必須給世界一個交代。