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| − | '''Wuhan Institute of Virology''' is a laboratory in Wuhan, China to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under control of the [[CCP Discipline Inspection Commission]]. The lab is near the site where the [[Communist Party of China]] claims the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in 2019. The lab was founded 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 under control of the [[CCP Discipline Inspection Commission]]. The lab is near the site where the [[Communist Party of China]] claims the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in December 2019. |
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| + | The lab was founded 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> In January 2018 U.S. Embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including coronaviruses from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" [[U.S. State Department]] cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:46, April 18, 2020
Wuhan Institute of Virology is a laboratory in Wuhan, China to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under control of the CCP Discipline Inspection Commission. The lab is near the site where the Communist Party of China claims the Wuhan virus was first detected in December 2019.
The lab was founded 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.[1] In January 2018 U.S. Embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including coronaviruses from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" U.S. State Department cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref>
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