Pictures which appear to show slack safety standards at the Chinese laboratory at the centre of international suspicion over Covid-19 have been systematically deleted from its website – as Donald Trump continues to ramp up the pressure on Beijing over its potential role in the outbreak. During the past month, Wuhan’s Institute of Virology has … Read more
President Donald Trump made the explosive charge that the coronavirus that has caused millions of infections and wreaked havoc on the global economy may have been created in a Chinese lab – and cast doubt on likely scenarios it jumped from animals to humans. ‘Yes I have. Yes I have,’ Trump said Thursday when asked … Read more
Wuhan discharges its last coronavirus patient: Chinese city where pandemic began now has no one suffering from it in its hospitals China remains on alert for second possible wave, with Beijing reimposing curbs Wuhan is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing most restrictions The city in Hubei province reported 46,452 cases, 56 per cent of … Read more
China’s top security official who supervised Wuhan’s coronavirus prevention efforts is investigated by Beijing’s anti-corruption watchdog Sun Lijun, 51, faces probe for alleged corruption by China’s discipline watchdog He was appointed to lead the security affairs in Wuhan during the outbreak The Chinese deputy public security minister was last seen in public in March Sun’s case … Read more
American intelligence services have reportedly launched a full-scale investigation into a lab in Wuhan, China, over claims that scientists there allowed the novel coronavirus to escape as part of a botched experiment, leading to a global pandemic. China has denied speculation that the pathogen originated inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, though US government … Read more
America is now investigating whether coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory, not as a bioweapon, but as part of bungling experiments to prove Chinese scientists were superior to Americans in identifying emerging virus threats. Coronavirus first crossed to humans during experiments with bats at the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab, multiple sources who have been briefed on … Read more
The US State Department raised concerns over safety issues at the Wuhan research lab studying coronaviruses in animals like bats two years ago, new diplomatic cables reveal. In 2018 diplomats said there were issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the seafood market Chinese authorities claim the virus emerged from, cables obtained by … Read more
British scientific journal Nature apologises for naming the coronavirus after the Chinese city of Wuhan ‘which may have fuelled racist attacks across the world’ The science journal apologised for ‘associating’ the virus with China and Wuhan In an editorial, the publication wrote: ‘That we did so was an error on our part’ They said the … Read more
The digital writing aid Grammarly will now flag the phrases ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ as potentially offensive and encourage people to instead use ‘COVID-19’ or ‘the coronavirus.’ The phrases were added to the tool’s list of sensitive words and phrases that should be avoided, as they can ‘encourage bias and misinformation.’ Grammarly points to a … Read more