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White House defends Dr Fauci over lab leak emails

The White House has defended the president's top coronavirus adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, amid scrutiny of his recently released work emails.

Dr Fauci has been the face of the nation's Covid-19 response, drawing both praise and criticism.

And press secretary Jen Psaki said Dr Fauci had been an "undeniable asset".

But emails have raised questions on whether he backed Chinese denials of the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan.

A trove of Dr Fauci's emails covering the onset of the coronavirus outbreak were released this week to media under a freedom of information request.

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