China built a lab to study SARS and Ebola in Wuhan - and US biosafety experts warned in 2017 that a virus could 'escape' the facility located in the same city at the coronavirus outbreak's center CoronavirusOutbreak
The Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory is the only lab in China designated for studying dangerous pathogens like SARS and Ebola. Ahead of its January 2018 opening, biosafety experts and scientists from the US expressed concerns that a virus could escape the lab.
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