A laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has broken its silence to deny accusations that the coronavirus originated there.
is also examining whether the coronavirus accidentally emerged from the Wuhan research lab while it studied diseases in bats, current and former U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News this week.was man-made, the officials said. But they added that scientists at the Wuhan lab were known to have conducted research on coronaviruses and that intelligence agencies were weighing evidence that an employee could have become accidentally infected and left the facility with the virus.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday that the head of the World Health Organization had"repeatedly said there's no evidence" the virus was made in a lab and that"many well-known medical experts in the world also think that the statement of so-called laboratory leaks is without scientific basis."
The Wuhan virology lab has actively worked with the WHO and other United Nations bodies, said Yuan, handing over the genome sequence and laying the foundation for other countries to prepare testing and vaccines.Eric Baculinao Eric Baculinao is a producer based in Beijing. A long-term resident of Beijing who is fluent in Chinese, Baculiano scans Chinese news daily for hints of major new policy trends and insights into the workings of China's secretive Communist Party and government leadership.
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