A WORRYING scientific report claims coronavirus is “uniquely adapted to infect humans” raising fears it may have been made in a Chinese lab. A team of top researchers have now said thos…
Credit: EcoHealth AllianceThe Professor said the most closely related known viruses were studied at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
"There is currently no evidence of a leak but enough circumstantial data to concern us. It remains a possibility until it is ruled out."He added: "This is either a remarkable coincidence or a sign of human intervention. It is possible the virus was a fluke event and it turns out humans were the perfect host."
Circled a broken seal on a store at the lab containing 1,500 virus strains - including the novel coronavirusIncredibly some scientists didn’t even wear gloves as they entered caves to collect fecal bat swab samples Today's reports come after it was claimed analysis of mobile phone data showed the Wuhan lab shut down in October.
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