Provided the Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China; Focus of the outbreak of the Corona virus (Covid 19), clarifications on the presence of three live strains of corona viruses associated with bats in the research facility.
The institute director, Wang Wannie, explained in a television interview with CGTN, that the Coruna virus is not linked at all to the three viral strains, unlike what was reported by some media.
Scientists believe that the Corona virus, which appeared in Wuhan and turned into a pandemic, had passed from the bat to another mammal and then infected humans.
The Chinese official refuted what she said were the allegations of US President Donald Trump and others about the virus leaving the laboratory, and considered these accusations a pure blessing.
The episode was filmed two weeks ago, and then aired, on Saturday, in which the Chinese official said that the scientific establishment had already obtained corona viruses from bats and then isolated them in the laboratory.
We do have three strains of live viruses, but they are identical to the emerging corona virus and its scientific name (SARS Cove 2) does not exceed 79.8 percent, she added.
Earlier, the United States called on the World Health Organization to open an immediate investigation into the source of the emerging corona virus, as well as to consider how the organization managed the crisis caused by the pandemic.
A scientific team led by researcher Shi Zhengli has been studying corona viruses in bats since 2004, and has been tracking the SARS strain responsible for an outbreak nearly two decades ago.
The institute confirms that it received samples of the emerging virus on the thirtieth of last December, then determined the sequences in the viral genome on the second of January, and on the eleventh of January the data had reached the World Health Organization.
We, like everyone else, did not even know the presence of the virus, so how could the new corona have leaked from us? She said.
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