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In publishing the 15-page document from the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, the Australian Daily Telegraph described it as a “bomb.”
Five Eyes, a coalition of American, British, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian intelligence agencies, accuses China of concealing information about viruses by denying the possibility of nCoV spreading from person to person. “” The doctors warned early, they eliminated evidence in the laboratory and they refused to provide biological samples to international scientists studying the vaccine.
Virologist Thach Chinh Le in a laboratory in Wuhan in 2017. Photo: AFP.
The document, released May 2 by Australia, mentions the work of Thach Chinh Le, a leading researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). In 2013, Thach and colleagues collected samples of horseshoe bats from a cave in Yunnan province, and later discovered that they contained up to 96.2% nCoV-like viruses.
This group has synthesized a new corona virus like SARS, to analyze whether it can be transmitted from bats to other mammals. A study conducted with the University of North Carolina in November 2015 concluded that the virus could be transmitted directly from bats to humans and had no treatment.
The study recognizes the danger of the work they do. “It is necessary to weigh between one side that the potential to ‘stay ahead’ of future diseases and the other is the risk of creating more dangerous pathogens,” the scientists wrote. “To assess the ability of the human corona virus to infect humans from bats, they created a new corona virus from the gene sequence isolated from Chinese horseshoe bats,” they said.
One of Ms. Thach’s co-authors, Professor Ralph Baric of the University of North Carolina, said in an interview with Science Daily at the time: “The virus is highly pathogenic. The entire treatment regimen was used.” Neither treating SARS in 2002 nor Ebola ZMapp drugs could neutralize it. “
In March 2019, Ms. Thach and her colleagues published a review titled “the corona virus in bats in China” in the medical journal Viruses, writing that they aimed at “predicting viral hotspots.” and the risk of inter-species transmission. “” Future outbreaks of the coronavirus like SARS or MERS are highly likely to originate in bats, and are likely to occur in China, “the review says.
The United States stopped funding controversial experiments that risk spreading the dangerous virus in October 2014, for fear it could lead to a global pandemic. However, they resumed funding in December 2017. The Commonwealth of Australia Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) continues to coordinate and sponsor WIV. WIV still lists CSIRO as a partner, while the United States has severed ties to the laboratory since Covid-19 exploded.
WIV is the focus of many doubts. United States President Donald Trump and United States officials are pushing the nCoV hypothesis that has leaked from this lab. On May 1, the United States Intelligence Community dismissed the nCoV hypothesis that it was artificial or genetically modified, but said it was investigating the possibility that nCoV would escape “after an incident in a laboratory in Wuhan.” . Experts assess that this possibility is unlikely but not impossible. Meanwhile, China dismissed the question.
The Daily Telegraph noted the “disappearance” of Huang Yan Ling, a WIV investigator. There are rumors on Chinese social media that she was the first to be diagnosed with nCoV and that she was “patient number 0”. His profile and photo were removed from the WIV website.
On February 16, the Wuhan Virology Institute rejected the claim that Huang Yan was “Patient No. 0”, saying that she was still alive and healthy, but gave no evidence.
The Pentateuch document also alleges that China hides information about the epidemic. On December 6, 2019, five days after a man who was involved in the Wuhan Seafood Market in South China had symptoms similar to pneumonia, his wife also became ill, showing signs of a virus infection. from person to person. .
On December 31, 2019, Chinese officials began to censor news about the virus on Chinese search engines, removing terms such as “variant SARS,” “Wuhan Seafood Market,” and “Wuhan Mysterious Pneumonia.”
On January 1, 2020, Wuhan officials closed and disinfected the Hoa Nam seafood market, although no investigation into the source of the virus was conducted. The New York Times reported that China did not take samples of animals or cages there and considered that it was “erasing evidence.”
The Hubei Health Commission on January 2 ordered genetic research companies to stop testing new viruses and destroy all biological samples. A day later, the National Health Commission requested the destruction or transfer of nCoV patient samples to designated testing facilities, and issued a directive not to publish epidemic information. Doctors who spoke about the new virus, such as Ly Van Luong, were reprimanded and considered “spreading false rumors.”
On January 10, Chinese officials said the outbreak was “controlled” and that the infected people had only “mild symptoms.” The following day, a laboratory in Shanghai shared the genetic sequence with the world, but it was closed a day later for “repair” reasons.
Medical personnel transfer patients to Wuhan on January 25. Photos: AFP.
Wuyi criticized the original Chinese and repeatedly denied the epidemic. “Despite evidence that the virus is transmitted from person to person in early December 2019, China rejected it until January 20,” the document read. “The WHO did the same, although Taiwan officials expressed concern about the person-to-person transmission of the virus by December 31, 2019. Hong Kong experts issued a similar warning on January 4.”
On January 24, officials in Beijing prevented WIV from sharing virus isolation samples with the University of Texas. On February 6, the Chinese cyber watchdog continued to tighten its grip on disease outbreaks on social media.
Ngu Nhan emphasized the paradox when Beijing officials banned people from traveling within the country, but condemned the measure to ban Chinese entry from Australia and the United States. “Millions of people left Wuhan after the outbreak and before it was cordoned off on January 23. Thousands flew abroad. During February, Beijing petitioned the United States, Italy, India and Australia.” Southeast Asia and many other countries do not impose travel restrictions on their citizens, although China has imposed strict restrictions on the country. “
Intelligence from five countries said Beijing’s actions “endangered other countries” and were no different than “an attack on international transparency.”
“When EU diplomats prepared a pandemic report, China pressured Brussels to remove China’s criticism of lying about Covid-19. When Australia called for an independent investigation.” On translation, China threatened to boycott trade. They also reacted violently to transparent calls from the United States, “the document says.
Health officials in Hangzhou measured the body temperature of Wuhan passengers on January 23. Photos: Reuters.
In fact, the intelligence of the EE. USA It has not confirmed the existence of the 15-page document, but a senior US official. USA He told Fox News that the report is consistent with the opinion of US intelligence. USA nCoV was passed from person to person earlier than they announced, knowing that the tension was escalating more strongly than it had stated to the international community in the first weeks of the outbreak.
The Chinese newspaper Global Times harshly criticized the Daily Telegraph after publishing information about the Pentateuch document. They quoted Li Haiid (Li Haidong), a professor at the Institute of International Relations at the Chinese Diplomatic University, saying: “The Australian media published an unverified document to defame China.” it is the lack of professionalism and objectivity of the press. “
“Even if this document really exists, the Five Eyes Alliance was formed to serve the political purposes of five countries. Their research reports only covered their political needs, rather than it’s scientific,” Li added. “Some Australian political and media units no longer independently consider the country’s common interests, but instead adopt a US-led approach to smear China at Covid-19. They are suffering.” Deep friendship and mutual interests have long been linked between the two countries. ”
Meanwhile, Australian Parliament and Intelligence Committee Chairman Andrew Hastie said the world needs transparency and that an investigation is needed. “Many Australians have been harmed by mismanagement by the Chinese government. If Australia – China is really close as Beijing says, we need an answer on how it all started.”
Phương Vũ (The O Daily Telegraph / Global Times)
