2500萬人簽名要求調查德特里克堡

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日零時結束，三周內共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小時內即獲50萬人簽名，48小時內簽名人數(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查的問題上保持沉默，必須給世界一個交代。