More than six years after COVID-19 emerged in China and killed millions worldwide, newly released intelligence records show that the Defense Intelligence Agency was evaluating a detailed lab-origin scenario as early as March 2020 — weeks into the pandemic and well before the issue became a subject of public debate.
U.S. health officials opposed a diplomatic letter requesting international scientists tour Wuhan’s coronavirus labs in the spring of 2020, emails show.
War or political instability can lead to biohazard risks that may not be accounted for in biosafety and biosecurity protocols.
The entire chain of virus hunting work entails risks that can lead to accidental infection, from handling animals to experiments in the lab.
Biosafety and biosecurity in Mongolian labs is worse than a WHO report suggests.
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