Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military

Daily Mail  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with connections to China. The University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute has published research and worked with scientists from China's infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same lab the FBI concluded was likely the birthplace of COVID. She hunted down dozens of deadly COVID-like viruses in bat caves and studied them at the WIV 'I write to you today with growing concern regarding the Hormel Institute’s longstanding partnership with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology,' Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote in a letter to the research group's leader David Clarke exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com. 'Your institute’s ongoing partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and by extension the People’s Liberation Army, reflects a troubling disregard for national security concerns,' Cruz wrote.

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Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to Wuhan lab
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with connections to China. The University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute has published research and worked with scientists from China's infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same lab the FBI concluded was likely the birthplace of COVID. Now, a worried Republican is demanding the Institute, …

Wuhan: Chinese scientists were working with military to mutate deadly viruses before Covid pandemic
1 year, 6 months ago

Wuhan: Chinese scientists were working with military to mutate deadly viruses before Covid pandemic

Op India  

Prior to the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were working alongside the Chinese military to create a mutant virus that could be used as a biological weapon. "Scientists in Wuhan working alongside the Chinese military were combining the world’s most deadly coronaviruses to create a new mutant virus just as the pandemic began. …

US energy dept says COVID probably leaked from Wuhan lab
1 year, 9 months ago

US energy dept says COVID probably leaked from Wuhan lab

Al Jazeera  

Investigations into the origins of a virus that has now killed nearly 7 million people have been hampered by politics and a lack of access and transparency. COVID-19 was probably the result of a leak from a laboratory, according to a newly updated classified report from the United States Department of Energy obtained by the Wall Street Journal newspaper. It …

Wuhan: New Probe Shows Scientists Who Dismissed Lab Leak Theory Have Links to Chinese
3 years, 3 months ago

Wuhan: New Probe Shows Scientists Who Dismissed Lab Leak Theory Have Links to Chinese

News 18  

Nearly two years since Covid-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the question of the virus’s origin still remains unanswered. Recently, a probe carried out by The Telegraph has revealed that 26 out of 27 scientists who wrote a letter in The Lancet medical journal trashing the lab-leak theory of the COVID-19 outbreak have or had links …

China wants to reward Wuhan Institute of Virology for its 'contribution' for COVID-19 research
3 years, 6 months ago

China wants to reward Wuhan Institute of Virology for its 'contribution' for COVID-19 research

Op India  

As per a report published in the Chinese mouthpiece Global Times on June 20, the Wuhan Institute of Virology got shortlisted for a prize recognition for its “outstanding science and technology achievement” for “identifying” the Covid-19 virus. Scientists of Wuhan lab mentioned as “outstanding contributors” The list also mentioned lab director Shi Zhengli popularly known as the “bat woman” and …

JASPER BECKER: No wonder so many experts say Covid DID leak from Wuhan research centre
3 years, 6 months ago

JASPER BECKER: No wonder so many experts say Covid DID leak from Wuhan research centre

Daily Mail  

Trees and wildflowers blossom during all four seasons in Kunming, which is known as The City of Eternal Spring because of its year-round mild temperatures. As a result of countless stories about the possible origins of Covid-19, China's most well-known bat expert is the Wuhan virologist Shi Zhengli – nicknamed Bat Woman – who visited the remote caves. Indeed, the …

Wuhan lab head and US expert flagged Covid19 risk in 2015: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Wuhan lab head and US expert flagged Covid19 risk in 2015: Report

India TV News  

The head of China's Wuhan virology lab, also called as the 'bat woman', and an expert from the University of North Carolina in the US, had in a paper published in 2015 flagged the dangers of their gain-of-function experiment of a novel coronavirus which could infect human cells, media reports said. "Scientific review panels may deem similar studies too risky …

How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses
3 years, 8 months ago

How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses

Daily Mail  

Scientists studying bat diseases at China's maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan were engaged in a massive project to investigate animal viruses alongside leading military officials – despite their denials of any such links. One leading Chinese scientist, who published the first genetic sequence of the Covid-19 virus in January last year, found 143 new diseases in the first three years of …

What happened in Wuhan? Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus
3 years, 8 months ago

What happened in Wuhan? Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus

CBS News  

WHO-led inquiry ends with even more questions than it began with on coronavirus origin This past Friday, a long-anticipated — and much-debated — report by the World Health Organization was delayed again. Peter Daszak: Yeah, these-- Lesley Stahl: Like what? Lesley Stahl: They never had the COVID-19 virus-- Peter Daszak: Not prior-- Lesley Stahl: --in that lab? Lesley Stahl: The …

Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
3 years, 9 months ago

Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China

India TV News  

During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists has found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China. One virus carried 'a genomic backbone arguably the closest to SARS-CoV-2 identified to date, but none appeared to be …

US Officials Wary Over Wuhan Lab Work in 2018 Were Ignored: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

US Officials Wary Over Wuhan Lab Work in 2018 Were Ignored: Report

The Quint  

The Politico report states that in late 2017, top health and science officials at the US Embassy in Beijing attended a conference in the Chinese capital. There, they saw a presentation on a new study put out by a group of Chinese scientists, including several from the Wuhan lab, in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health. To aid …

February 3, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 10 months ago

February 3, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

Peter Daszak, Thea Fischer and other members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of Covid-19 arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China's central Hubei province on February 3. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images A team of World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan are visiting a laboratory Wednesday that has been the focus of conspiracies and speculation about …

WHO Team Visits Wuhan Lab Said to be Source of Covid-19 to Trace Origins of Virus
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO Team Visits Wuhan Lab Said to be Source of Covid-19 to Trace Origins of Virus

News 18  

World Health Organization inspectors visited a laboratory in China’s Wuhan city on Wednesday that American officials suggested could have been the source of the coronavirus. The inspection of the Wuhan virology institute, which conducts research on the world’s most dangerous diseases, will be one of the most-watched stops on the team’s probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. Chinese …

China takes WHO team to Wuhan bat lab at center of coronavirus conspiracies
3 years, 10 months ago

China takes WHO team to Wuhan bat lab at center of coronavirus conspiracies

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A team of World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan are visiting a laboratory Wednesday that has been the focus of conspiracies and speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, the Wuhan lab team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as China’s “bat woman” for years of virus-hunting expeditions in bat caves, has focused …

WHO-led COVID-19 probe team in China visits Wuhan virus lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO-led COVID-19 probe team in China visits Wuhan virus lab

Al Jazeera  

World Health Organization investigators also set to meet with virology export, known as the ‘Bat Woman’, during sixth day of visit in Wuhan. A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization has visited a major virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan and is scheduled to meet a top virologist, as they continue to …

As WHO begins Covid origin probe, US releases fact sheet on Wuhan lab that 'deserves scrutiny'
3 years, 11 months ago

As WHO begins Covid origin probe, US releases fact sheet on Wuhan lab that 'deserves scrutiny'

India Today  

As 13 international experts of the World Health Organization arrived in China to probe the origin of the coronavirus, the US Department of State has released a fact sheet of the activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology while maintaining its claims that the virus may have escaped the controversial Wuhan lab. In its fact sheet on the activity at …

China Honours 'Bat Woman' of Controversial Wuhan Lab as WHO Team Arrives to Probe Covid-19 Origins
3 years, 11 months ago

China Honours 'Bat Woman' of Controversial Wuhan Lab as WHO Team Arrives to Probe Covid-19 Origins

News 18  

China has honoured a virologist of a controversial Wuhan-based bio-lab, which was at the centre of COVID-19 storm, as a WHO team arrived at the Chinese city to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Ever since the virus outbreak came to light in Wuhan in December last, speculation has been rife on whether the viral strain originated from China's premier …

What are WHO researchers trying to learn about COVID-19 origins in Wuhan? Is the secrecy necessary?
3 years, 11 months ago

What are WHO researchers trying to learn about COVID-19 origins in Wuhan? Is the secrecy necessary?

Firstpost  

Possible visits after a 14-day quarantine are to the market where the first cases came up in December 2019, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Possible visits after quarantine are the Huanan Seafood Market, the site of the December 2019 cluster of cases, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Wuhan Institute of Virology maintains an extensive archive of genetic …

WHO expert team arrives in Wuhan to begin investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO expert team arrives in Wuhan to begin investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic

Firstpost  

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. A government spokesman said this week they will “exchange views” with Chinese scientists but gave no indication whether they would be allowed …

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. A government spokesman said this week they will “exchange views” with Chinese scientists but gave no indication whether they …

WHO team reaches Wuhan to search for coronavirus pandemic origins
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team reaches Wuhan to search for coronavirus pandemic origins

India Today  

A global team of researchers backed by the World Health Organisation on Thursday reached Whuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. A government spokesman said this week they will “exchange views” with Chinese scientists but gave …

Chinese Virologist Claims She Has Proof the Covid-19 Virus Was Made in Wuhan Laboratory
4 years, 3 months ago

Chinese Virologist Claims She Has Proof the Covid-19 Virus Was Made in Wuhan Laboratory

News 18  

Almost ten months into a global pandemic, the cause of the news SARS-Cov-2 virus is still undecided. Conspiracy theorists, however, have mentioned multiple times over that the virus is “man-made” in a Wuhan lab, located dangerously close to the wet sea-food market. Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women, Dr. Li-Meng Yan who is described as “a scientist who was working at …

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