Does U.S. law allow a U.S. plaintiff to sue China for damages stemming from COVID?


(I am not asking whether there is sufficient evidence to support such an allegation; only whether U.S. courts assert jurisdiction to impose tort damages against sovereign governments for such a claim.)


[This previous Q&A](https://law.stackexchange.com/q/14153/10) notes that [28 USC 1605](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1605) allows for *some* claims against foreign governments, but that for some reason Congress passed another law ([JASTA, 2016](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Against_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_Act)) to allow claims against "state sponsors of terrorism."



Can China be sued in U.S. court for torts related to COVID?