Where does the Covid-19 come from? Questions about the origin of the contamination arise. Scientists are looking for animal-human contamination, possibly at a market selling wild animals, in Wuhan City. But the presence of an Institute of virology and its P4 laboratory, a few kilometers in the epicenter city of the epidemic, feeds the rumors. Especially since according to the Washington Post , American diplomats have alerted in 2018 about procedural flaws in a laboratory, which studied forms of coronavirus from bats.
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"We are very confident"
While the hypothesis of a leak from these sensitive installations is gaining momentum, Yuan Zhiming, director of the Institute, spoke on a Chinese state channel on Monday, denying all responsibility.
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"It is impossible that this virus has left our home, we have a precise code of conduct for research. We are very confident," he said. "Why were there such rumors? Because the P4 laboratory is in Wuhan, some people are deliberately trying to mislead people."