Wuhan lab had three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, none matched COVID-19

director of Chineses virology institute reportedly said that y have three live strain of bat coronavirus on-site, however, ne match new contagion wreaking chaos across world. Several scientists around globe believe that dely COVID-19 originated in bats and could have been transmitted via ar mammal. But director of Wuhan Institute of Virology reportedly said that claims me by US President Donald Trump and ors that virus leaked from facility were ‘pure fabrication’. 

While speaking to an international media outlet, Wang Yanyi said that institute has ‘isolated and obtained some coronavirus from bats’. She ded that with three strains of live viruses, ir highest similarity to SARS-CoV-2 only reaches 79.8 per cent. While referring to past research, led by Professor She Zhengli, Yanyi also ded that y kw that whole geme of SARS-CoV-2 is only 80 per cent similar to that of SARS and because of its ‘obvious difference’ team did t pay attention to such viruses which are less similar to SARS virus. 

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Wuhan lab speculations 

Meanwhile, Wuhan laboratory has been accused by top US officials of being source of coronavirus pandemic. US President Donald Trump and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo have repeatedly claimed that re is evidence that pathogen came from lab itself. Several leers have also speculated that dely coronavirus was human-me and started from contact with infected animals or from an ‘accident’ at Wuhan lab in China.

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However, China has strongly denied allegations. Even World Health Organisation reportedly said that Washington h offered evidence to support ‘speculative’ claims.  top US epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, also echoed that evidence so far ‘strongly indicates’ a natural origin. 

While re is still proof for lab accident ory, re is also clear evidence that virus came from Wuhan market. Several scientists believe that researchers ‘need to look into origin’ of dely COVID-19 as it has alrey affected nearly 212 countries and territories around globe. While scientists have hyposis that virus came from a live animal market, re is still definitive evidence that shows to contrary. 

(Im credit: PTI) (With inputs from AFP)

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