Head of the laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology Professor Jimin Renminbi (Yuan Zhi-ming) in an interview with Chinese state television CGTN comment on the accusations in the artificial creation of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This writes Channel NewsAsia.
“This virus does not come from us,” — said the scientist. In response to clarifying questions he said that he considers it impossible to create such a virus forces mankind.
According to the head of the lab, none of the employees of his companies were found to be infected. “The whole Institute conducts research in various areas related to the coronavirus,” he added Jimin.
the Professor acknowledged that because the laboratory with the highest level of biological security, which is located in Wuhan, people can not be a similar Association. However, their deliberately trying to mislead by some media, said Jimin. A number of publications of a laboratory origin, coronavirus he called unsubstantiated and based on assumptions.
that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 could be created in a lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, previously reported by us media, citing anonymous sources. In particular, the channel Fox News, citing “multiple sources familiar with the actions of the government of China,” wrote that the first infected person was an employee of the lab who then spread the virus among inhabitants of Wuhan. The official Beijing said that this version has no scientific basis.
Wuhan became the first focus of the spread of the novel coronavirus. Chinese authorities say that the epidemic, and later developed into a pandemic that killed more than 160 thousand people worldwide, began with the city’s seafood market, which sold live animals.
