An Israeli intelligence officer hinted ... Did he manufacture the deadly Corona virus in genetic engineering at a Chinese laboratory?

Coinciding with the appearance of the Corona virus, the media and social media circulated many rumors, among them that this virus was made in the laboratory of a Chinese institute, with a statement of an Israeli intelligence officer in the direction of this claim, so how true is it?

In his report published by the Russian "News Re", the writer Dmitriy Alekseev said that this claim lacks credibility and data confirming its validity, according to what was announced by one of the most prominent experts in the world specialized in tracking the outbreak of this epidemic, Trevor Bedford, during a conference held in the states United States.

According to the Financial Times newspaper, quoting Bedford at the Fred Hutchinson Center for Cancer Research in Seattle, Washington, "There is no evidence to suggest that the Corona virus has been genetically engineered, and we have some evidence that mutations in the virus correspond to natural development." .

According to Bedford, the most likely scenarios for the spread of this disease are to transfer the bats carrying this infection virus to an unknown mammal a few decades ago. With this unknown animal, the virus reached a person in Wuhan at the end of November last year.

Earlier, media and social media reported that in 2018 the Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted studies on bats that may have been a virus carrier for a long time.

In his statement to The Washington Times, Israeli intelligence officer Danny Shoham stated in his defense of the accusation of being accused in the United States that some laboratories at the Wuhan Institute of Virology may be involved in developing biological weapons, at least indirectly.

Although no evidence was presented of a biological weapons development program in China, many American media and bloggers cheered this statement.

Methods of transmission
In recent days, Japanese epidemiologists have published an analysis of dozens of infection samples for the new coronavirus, and have found that it spreads faster than the incubation period of the disease, i.e. the time between infection and the onset of the first symptoms of the disease, leading to the virus being transmitted even before the end of the incubation period.

In this context, medical researchers reported that they measured the time period between the appearance of the first symptoms of infection in the patient and the infection of people with it. Their calculations showed that a large proportion of the virus transmission cases occurred before patients had the first symptoms of pneumonia.

And an official with the National Health Administration of China announced that the new coronavirus, which has spread in China and many other countries, can be transmitted from person to person even before the first symptoms of the disease appear. These statements have caused much controversy among doctors and scientists, including experts from the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Measures
The writer mentioned that the World Health Organization recognized the outbreak of the new Corona virus as an emergency of international concern. The virus has killed more than 1,700 people.

"The measures that have been taken in China to control the spread of the Corona virus that appeared in Wuhan are very effective, which has reduced the rate of spread of the virus in other regions of China," the author quoted a member of the Federation Council Committee for Social Policy in Russia, Vladimir Krugli, as saying.

"In fact, despite the authorities' promises to stop flights from China to Russia and vice versa, they have not fulfilled this. At the same time, airport control measures taken against those heading to Russia are not very effective."

Krugley explains that the virus cannot be transmitted by parcel, because its life span is likely not to exceed one day. According to Krugli, more serious measures should be taken in Russian airports such as quarantine, and every return from China should be subject to specialist supervision for some time.

Krugley points out the need to fully control the situation and limit the number of flights, especially in light of the sound of the alarm by many international bodies.