were reportedly requesting upgrades prior to the covid-19 outbreak. some house republicans say the information lends new credence to the lab leak theory. rich edson has details. months before the covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, the wuhan national biosafety lab requested bids from major renovations to air safety, waste treatment systems. those research facilities have been operational for less than two years. all of these roads point to the lab being the source. it s unclear why the chinese government requested the projects or when or if they even initiated any work. though it is another piece of circumstantial evidence from the republican staff on the house foreign affairs committee which lays out the most comprehensive case yet arguing that the pandemic began in the wuhan institute of urology. virology.
leak. now there is more, you know, they have looked at some evidence that showed that apparently there was sorry about that. there was at that brand new building a move to fix the air conditioner and the air handlers and the water treatment. pete: brand new. ainsley: what happened, fox news got ahold of this new congressional report. and it says months before the covid outbreak, in the wuhan lab, that they requested bids from major renovations air safety and waste treatment systems. pete: interesting. ainsley: sorry to interrupt you. the labs were only two years old. they are wondering why this looks suspicious. pete: you buy a house you shouldn t having to be renovate it two years later out of the gait. this report from the house foreign affairs committee lays it out. such a significant renovation, ainsley, to your point so soon after the facility began operation appears unusual. all raise questions about how
, and it did so sometime before september 12 of 2019. that evidence includes the chinese government requesting bids for major renovations to air safety and waste treatment systems in the research facilities that had only been operational for less than two years. though it s unclear why the chinese government request of the projects or when or if they initiated any work. in september and october of 2019 , satellite imagery shows a significant increase in hospita visits and internet searches fo covid 19 symptoms. the report also claims that mapping data suggest researcher at the lab likely use the wuhan shuttlebus and city metro for their daily work commute potentially spreading the virus route the safety. this report is only weeks ahead of when the biden administratio had asked the intelligence committee to report on weather the virus leaked from a lab or develop naturally pointing to that investigation, democrats have refused to participate in
rich edson has details. months before the covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, the wuhan national biosafety lab requested bids from major renovations to air safety and waste treatment systems. those research facilities had been operational for less than two years. all these roads point to the lab being the source. it s unclear why the chinese government requested the projects or when or if they even initiated any work. though it is another piece of circumstantial evidence from the republican staff on the house foreign affairs committee which lays out the most expensive case yet arguing that the pandemic began in the wuhan institute of virology. the republican report says, quote: we now believe it s time to completely dismiss the wet market as the source of the outbreak. we also believe the preponderance of the evidence did leak from the wiv did and so
it could even more weight to the lab leak theory. a new report by house republicans showing officials from that lab in wuhan requested major safety renovations just months ahead of this outbreak. house foreign affairs ranking member michael mccaul on that. they were involved in a cover-up. it s the greatest cover-up in human history. i think the chinese communist party are very concerned about this report coming out telling the truth and the fact of the matter is they were playing with fire. rich edson is live at the state department on that for us. good morning. the most comprehensive public report arguing that the pandemic began at a research lab in wuhan. part of that case is the chinese government procurement site requesting bids for major renovations for air safety and waste treatment systems at research facilities that were operational for only a couple of years.