Wuhan lab rubbishes virus link
The Wuhan Institute of Virology says it shared information about the coronavirus – later named Covid-19 – with WHO in early January. – EPA pic, April 19, 2020.
THE director of a maximum-security laboratory in China’s coronavirus ground zero of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it “impossible”. Beijing has come under increasing pressure over transparency in its handling of the pandemic, with the US investigating whether Covid-19 actually originated in a virology institute with a high-security biosafety lab.
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