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'COVID-19 WAS A MAN-MADE VIRUS LEAKED FROM CHINESE LAB,' CLAIMS WUHAN SCIENTIST
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Wuhan, ChinaEdited By: Sneha SwaminathanUpdated: Dec 05, 2022, 03:56 PM IST

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COVID-19 was allegedly a "man-made virus" that escaped from a notorious research
centre in Wuhan, China, according to a scientist now located in the US. Covid
was reportedly released two years ago from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a
state-funded research facility according to the New York Post, which quoted a
statement made by US-based researcher Andrew Huff in the British tabloid The
Sun. In his most recent book, "The Truth About Wuhan," epidemiologist Huff
asserts that the epidemic was caused by the US government's financing of
coronaviruses in China. 

A US-based scientist who previously worked at the infamous Wuhan Institute of
Virology (WIV), China, has claimed that COVID-19 was a "man-made virus" that
escaped from the facility. According to the New York Post, which cited a remark
made by US-based researcher Andrew Huff in the British newspaper The Sun, Covid
was released from WIV, a state-funded and operated research centre, two years
ago. Epidemiologist Huff claims that the pandemic was brought on by the US
government's funding of coronaviruses in China in his most recent book, "The
Truth About Wuhan." Huff's book excerpts have appeared in the UK tabloid The
Sun.



According to the New York Post, Huff argues in his book that China's
gain-of-function tests were carried out with insufficient security, which led to
a leak at the Wuhan facility.

The Wuhan facility has been the subject of contentious discussions over the
Covid virus's origins, with both Chinese government authorities and lab staff
disputing that the virus was created there.



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"Foreign laboratories did not have the adequate control measures in place for
ensuring proper biosafety, biosecurity, and risk management, ultimately
resulting in the lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Andrew Huff,
claims in his book.

With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the organisation has
been researching several coronaviruses in bats for more than ten years and has
developed solid bonds with the Wuhan lab.

The NIH is the leading US government organisation in charge of biological and
public health research.

According to Huff, who worked at EcoHealth Alliance from 2014 to 2016, the
organisation spent several years helping the Wuhan lab establish the "best
current tools to modify bat coronaviruses to infect other species."

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"China knew from day one that this was a genetically engineered agent," Huff
wrote. "The US government is to blame for the transfer of dangerous
biotechnology to the Chinese.

According to a recent investigation by ProPublica/Vanity Fair, China's most
dangerous coronavirus research is conducted at the WIV, as reported by the New
York Post. 

Despite its sparse funding, this research institute has been under intense
pressure from the country's ruling Communist Party to make scientific
advancements that would boost its reputation internationally.

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