Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laboratory The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023
Covid could have leaked from a lab, says former top Chinese scientist Wuhan is home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), one of China’s top national laboratories known to have spent years studying coronaviruses Wales Online · May 30, 2023
Covid lab leak should not be ruled out, says Chinese scientist The view of virologist and immunologist Professor George Gao is in stark contrast to that of the Chinese government. The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
‘Being truthful is essential’: scientist who stumbled upon Wuhan Covid data speaks out Florence Débarre’s discovery of genetic data online showed for first time that animals susceptible to coronavirus were present at market The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023
COVID-19 report based on China samples puts suspicion back to animal origins A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan, China, during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the COVID-19 virus jumped from animals to humans, some researchers say. Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023
The world needs to ‘calm down’ about the risk of a new COVID variant emerging from China, the country’s former CDC chief says A new study from China found no evidence of new variants among those sick with COVID in Beijing between Nov. 14 and Dec. 20. But it only examined a few hundred cases, some experts point out, calling it "hardly" representative. Fortune · Feb 9, 2023
World should 'calm down' about China COVID variants - Chinese scientist The world should "calm down" about the possibility of new COVID-19 variants circulating in China, leading Chinese scientist George Gao said. Reuters · Feb 8, 2023