A research team of the WHO = World Health Organization, which is visiting Wuhan, China, to clarify the source of the new coronavirus, said on the 3rd that the former Trump administration in the United States may have leaked the virus. I visited the Virus Research Institute.
We will pay attention to the progress of the investigation in the future as to what kind of explanation the Chinese side gave.
The WHO research team, which is made up of experts from various countries including Japan, has begun full-scale field surveys in Wuhan since January 29, and the sixth day, the third day, starts around 9:30 am local time. I visited the Wuhan Institute of Virus Research for about three and a half hours.
One of the members of the research team responded to NHK's question when leaving the laboratory, saying that the research team exchanged opinions with related parties including a prominent researcher familiar with bat coronavirus, Shi Zhengli. It was a very important meeting. "
Regarding this institute, the former Trump administration in the United States has claimed that the virus may have leaked from here, saying that it is close to the new coronavirus and that research on the coronavirus of bats was being conducted, but China The side strongly denies.
The research team has now conducted a survey of two facilities that have received international attention, along with the seafood market where many patients were confirmed in the early stages of the spread of the infection. It will be interesting to see the progress of future investigations aimed at clarifying the source of the virus.