A Chinese scientist denied Wuhan played a role in the Covid-19 pandemic and warned that similar infectious outbreaks could arise in the future.
of Virology, which houses China's only level-four biosafety lab, has been studying coronaviruses for years; the Trump administration has suggested that the lab and China played a role in the origin of the novel coronavirus.
Shi, the institute's deputy director, has long been referred to as China's"bat woman" for tracking down dozens of SARS-like diseases in bats. In an interview that aired Monday on the China Global Television Network , Shi denied that her lab was involved in the outbreak, claiming that the viruses she's worked with didn't match those of the coronavirus spreading in humans, according toShe stated that the lab would continue studying unidentified pathogens because"the viruses that we have discovered are just the tip of the iceberg," and added that it is"very regrettable" when science is politicized, and called...
in a news conference at the State Department."China could have spared the world a descent into global economic malaise. They had a choice but instead — instead — China covered up the outbreak in Wuhan."
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