Asia Times: Inside Wuhan’s secretive National Biosafety Lab
Major report highlights the controversial research institute in the Chinese city where the first cases of Covid-19 were reported.
Controversy and secrecy appear to lurk in the corridors of the National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan.
Described as “a cell within the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Virology,” it conducts “coronavirus research” and is a United Nations “reference laboratory for infectious diseases.” It is also situated in the city which in December spawned the first reported cases of the deadly Covid-19 disease.
A wet market only 16 kilometers, or 10 miles, away initially became “ground zero” in what would turn out to be a global pandemic.
As well as specializing in seafood, the bustling bazaar sold snakes, raccoons, porcupines and even deer. They were kept in cages along the crowded walkways before the popular menagerie was closed down at the end of January.
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WNU Editor: China has restricted outsiders to visit and inspect the National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan. It is a safe bet that these restrictions are nto going to change anytime soon.
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The ole everyone does it argument to shift or avoid blame.
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