Did China’s ‘Bat Woman’ receive $600K from the US?
IANS / Updated: Jun 6, 2021, 10:16 IST
Anthony S Fauci emails and independent investigations into the
Wuhan lab secrets, reports have emerged again that the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China was funded by the
US government and the virology lab, headed by Shi Zhengli, received nearly $600,000 in ‘gain-of-function’ research.
At a US Senate hearing on May 11, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) said that scientists in the US have long known how to mutate animal viruses to infect humans.
“For years, Dr Ralph Baric, a virologist in the US, has been collaborating with Dr Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Virology Institute, sharing his discoveries about how to create super viruses. This gain-of-function research has been funded by the NIH. Dr Fauci, do you still support the NIH funding of the lab in Wuhan?,” he told the hearing.