Controversy and secrecy appear to lurk in the corridors of the National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan.
Described as “a cell within the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Virology,” it conducts “coronavirus research” and is a United Nations “reference laboratory for infectious diseases.” It is also situated in the city which in December spawned the first reported cases of the deadly Covid-19 disease.
A wet market only 16 kilometers, or 10 miles, away initially became “ground zero” in what would turn out to be a global pandemic. Read More…
