'''Wuhan Institute of Virology''' is a laboratory in Wuhan, China to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The lab is near the site where the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in 2019. The lab was found in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory. In 2015, the lab was upgraded to biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) with the help of French engineers and a grant of $3.7 million from the U.S. National institutes of health. It is first such lab in China. SARS escaped from a Beijing lab twice in 2004 and the upgrade was intended to address this problem.<ref>"[https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/sars-escaped-beijing-lab-twice-50137 SARS escaped Beijing lab twice]"</ref> | '''Wuhan Institute of Virology''' is a laboratory in Wuhan, China to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The lab is near the site where the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in 2019. The lab was found in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory. In 2015, the lab was upgraded to biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) with the help of French engineers and a grant of $3.7 million from the U.S. National institutes of health. It is first such lab in China. SARS escaped from a Beijing lab twice in 2004 and the upgrade was intended to address this problem.<ref>"[https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/sars-escaped-beijing-lab-twice-50137 SARS escaped Beijing lab twice]"</ref> |