Report claims virus DID escape from Wuhan lab months before first case
COVID-19 did escape from a lab in Wuhan, an explosive new report by US Republican Senators has claimed - suggesting it was time to "completely dismiss" the city's wet market as the source of the disease
And senior Republican Mike McCaul has claimed the coronavirus may have been in circulation in August - four months before it officially emerged. The dossier, prepared by Republicans serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claims there is “preponderance of evidence” showing the virus which caused the pandemic originated in a lab and had leaked out as a result of a bungled attempt to improve air safety systems.
The document cites what it calls new and under-reported information about safety protocols at the lab, including a July 2019 request for a $1.5million overhaul of a hazardous waste treatment system for the facility, which was less than two years old.
In a statement issued yesterday, Mr McCaul said: “It is our belief the virus leaked sometime in late August or early September 2019.
“When they realised what happened, Chinese Communist Party officials and scientists at the WIV began frantically covering up the leak, including taking their virus database offline in the middle of the night and requesting more than $1million for additional security.
“But their cover-up was too late – the virus was already spreading throughout the megacity of Wuhan.
“Within a month, satellite images show a significant uptick in the number of people at hospitals around the WIV with symptoms similar to COVID-19."
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...-market-report
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