Wuhan lab bat researcher denies 'coronavirus leak theory'

The head of infectious disease research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China denied the "COVID-19 virus infection leak theory."
(local time) According to a report in the New York Times (NT), Shi Zheng of the Wuhan Institute
Dr. Li asserted that there was no genetic manipulation to enhance the infectious disease in the bat coronavirus.
"We have never captured Samburu Island, which is a place where COVID-19 can spread," he stressed.
Before COVID-19 spread, some of the researchers at the Wuhan Institute
He also denied the allegations that he had been receiving treatment at a hospital. Dr. Seok said, "I'm the one who is behind the COVID-19 outbreak.
"But they are trying to tarnish the reputation of innocent scientists," he said. "I have nothing to be ashamed of, so I have nothing to fear."
More than 10,000 bat virus samples were collected from across China for research into novel infectious diseases.
In a 2017 paper, Dr. Ishi said, "I mixed bat coronaviruses to create a variant that could infect humans."
COVID-19 was officially reported to have first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
The United States claims that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has been raising such suspicions since the administration of former US President Donald Trump, made a statement on the 13th.
"The evidence is stacked up 100 feet high," he said in an interview with Fox News.
On the 26th of last month, US President Joe Biden also called on China to "additional investigations" into the origins of COVID-19.
They asked for cooperation in areas such as participation in international investigations and the provision of materials. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, said in a study in May last year that "the Wuhan laboratory leak theory is possible."
It has also been reported that the US government concluded that "it is impossible for the virus to have leaked from a laboratory," and that "the theory that COVID-19 originated in China is a political conspiracy."
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