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Beijing [China], May 25 (ANI): A disused copper mine in the outskirts of a village deep in the mountains of southwest China has become the centre of attention for escalating calls for a more thorough probe into whether the COVID-19 pandemic could have stemmed from a Chinese laboratory.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the area is the subterranean home of the close known virus to the one that causes COVID-19. In April 2012, six miners fell sick with a mysterious illness after entering the mine to clear bat guano, out of which three died.
Following this, scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) were called in to investigate and after taking samples from bats in the mine, they identified several types of new coronaviruses.
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Researchers from Wuhan lab sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed: Report ANI | Updated: May 24, 2021 09:51 IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Three researchers from China s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care after they fell ill in November 2019, a month before Beijing reported the first patient with Covid-like symptoms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The report provides fresh details on the number of researchers affected, the timing of their illnesses, and their hospital visits.
The revelations come amid growing calls for a fuller probe on whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the Chinese laboratory. It also comes on the eve of a meeting of the World Health Organization s decision-making body, which is expected to discuss the next phase of investigation into the origin of Covid-19.
Researchers from Wuhan lab sought hospital care in November 2019 before COVID outbreak: Report
China reported to the World Health Organization that the first patient with Covid-like symptoms was recorded in Wuhan on December 8, 2019.
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Security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team. (Photo | AP) By ANI
WASHINGTON: Three researchers from China s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care after they fell ill in November 2019, a month before Beijing reported the first patient with Covid-like symptoms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The report provides fresh details on the number of researchers affected, the timing of their illnesses, and their hospital visits.
3 Wuhan lab researchers sought hospital care: Report
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24 May 2021, 14:37 GMT+10
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Three researchers from China s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care after they fell ill in November 2019, a month before Beijing reported the first patient with Covid-like symptoms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The report provides fresh details on the number of researchers affected, the timing of their illnesses, and their hospital visits.
The revelations come amid growing calls for a fuller probe on whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the Chinese laboratory. It also comes on the eve of a meeting of the World Health Organization s decision-making body, which is expected to discuss the next phase of investigation into the origin of Covid-19.