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(dpa) The file documents the cover-up by the Chinese authorities and points to a risky investigation in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new corona virus first appeared in December.
The 15-page document demonstrates the momentum of the intelligence agency’s ongoing investigation. However, according to the newspaper, he also mentions his differences on the suspicion that the virus could actually come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, had caused speculation about it. Scientists believe that Sars-CoV-2 is much more likely to have been transmitted to humans from bats through another animal and through the wildlife trade. Therefore, China banned the wildlife trade with a new law in March.
Scientists have also shown that the virus is not artificially generated, but rather that it is naturally occurring, US intelligence agencies confirmed last week. The document refers to dangerous laboratory investigations using bat viruses, although this was also done in collaboration with American and Australian scientists.
According to the “Saturday Telegraph,” the newspaper forms the basis for allegations that the secret services are investigating. It records how Chinese authorities suppressed early warnings from their medical professionals, downplayed the true scope of the outbreak, and censored information, which has also been reported multiple times in media reports. The cover-up is described in the record as an “attack on international transparency”.
He particularly complains that China denied until January 20 that the virus was transmitted from person to person. There have been signs of this since early December, the newspaper says. China is also accused of destroying virus samples and tightly monitoring scientific publications on the virus. Chinese authorities have also refused to provide live samples to international investigators.
