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China s BGI Sold Millions of Covid Test Kits Globally; Report Says it Has Deep Ties With Chinese Military
Intelligence officials in the US issued warnings not to share health data with BGI as there is suspicion that the Chinese are trying to collect DNA data.
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Chinese genome sequencing company BGI Group, which was previously known as the Beijing Genomics Institute, has sold millions of COVID-19 test kits outside mainland China, including the US, Europe and Australia. But according to a newly published report, it was found that the Shenzhen-based firm has deep ties to the People s Liberation Army (PLA) and that became a concern of the US intelligence officials.
FOX News correspondent Bryan Llenas has the latest developments on Your World with Neil Cavuto
A Chinese company offered to build COVID-19 testing labs in the U.S. at the start of the pandemic, with intelligence officials warning it might have been an effort to collect DNA from American citizens, according to a 60 Minutes report.
BGI Group, touted as the largest biotech firm in the world, offered to build and run testing labs in Washington, New York and California, among other states.
The offer raised suspicions and led Bill Evanina, then-director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, to warn the states against the offer.
U.S. Intelligence Claims China Wants to Steal Your DNA
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