Two leading US disease experts have said that the information to support the theory that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have escaped from a lab in Wuhan has increased.
The deadly Coronavirus, which reportedly broke out in November 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has continued to plague the world and is now infecting millions of people worldwide every day.
While all governments and international organizations have stepped up their efforts to stem the tide of bad publicity and planning, there is ongoing research into the origins of Covid-19.
Two leading U.S. epidemiologists say details supporting the speculation that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have escaped the Wuhan board have risen and the Chinese government is warning of co-operation throughout the study to determine the source of the deadly virus and prevent future disease threats.
As reported by Bloomberg, Scott Gottlieb, Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner who now sits on the board of Pfizer Inc, told CBS News that the Chinese government had failed to provide evidence to disprove the allegations that SARS CoV-2 virus was based in Wuhan. The search for signs that the virus had originated in wildlife did not yield results, Gottlieb added.
Scientists and experts have hypothesized that the pathogen, which was first detected spreading in a seafood market in Wuhan, might have spread from wild animals to human. However, the Bigen administration in the US want to crosscheck with the long promoted theories which suggest that the virus may have accidentally escaped from a research lab.
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Speaking on the same, Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in a separate TV appearance on NBC’s “Meet the press” reportedly said, “Not knowing how the pandemic started puts the world at risk of future outbreaks. There’s going to be Covid-26 & Covid-32 unless we fully understand the origins of Covid-19.
The remarks came from two experts after U.S. President Joe Biden in a shocking statement on Wednesday instructed agencies to “redouble their efforts” in investigating the outbreak. He said U.S. intelligence agencies They have controversial tests on the possibility of the virus crossing the species barrier from a natural lake or from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Meanwhile, China has cleared all of Wuhan’s lab ideas. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday dismissed Biden’s investigation as an attempt to engage in “discrimination, political manipulation and manipulation of errors.”
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