Wuhan lab nominated for top science award in China amid virus leak suspicion: Report
2 min readThe Wuhan Virology Institute has been appointed for conducting “the most comprehensive and systematic identification research on Covid-19” etiology “.
In the midst of the suspicion of assembly of a possible virus leak in a laboratory accident, the Wuhan Virology Institute was appointed for the Top Science Prize of China, according to local media, Sina News. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has appointed the Uhan Virology Institute to carry out “the most comprehensive and systematic identification search on Covid-19” etiology.
“The results of the project have established an important base and a platform for monitoring research on the origin, epidemiology and the pathogenic mechanism of the Virus Covid-19”, “the Chinese Academy of Science has been cited as indicating in several reports.
Shi Zhengli, who runs the emerging center of infectious diseases at the Wuhan Virology Institute, has also received a special mention of the Academy. Last year, Shi, known as beatle for his work on coronaviruses in Bats, said Sars-Cov-2 was just “the tip of the iceberg” and called for an advanced study of unknown viruses. However, the virologist has repeatedly rejected the demands of a possible laboratory leak.
The hypothesis of the introduction of SARS-COV-2 through a laboratory incident has acquired credibility in recent weeks, with a renewed application for new “transparent” survey on the origin of the virus. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, Wuhan’s Disease and Disease Prevention Center, which moved a laboratory on December 2, 2019, refused disturbances or incidents caused by the move. .
China has now tried to blame the United States for the devastating pandemic after the United States National Health (NIH) published a study that has shown at least seven people in five states have been infected with SARS-COV. -2 weeks before the country. reported his first official cases. Zeng Guang, the chinese center epidemiologist of the Chinese disease control and disease prevention, demanded the second phase of investigation into the origins of COVID-19 should be conducted in the United States.
“All topics related to bio-weapons that the country should be scrutinized,” said Zeng as saying.
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