Rospotrebnadzor questioned the leak of coronavirus from a Chinese laboratory

The head of Rospotrebnadzor assured that the Chinese laboratory has good protection against incidents and nothing forbidden was studied there. Earlier, the FBI and the US Department of Energy admitted that the coronavirus appeared as a result of a leak from the laboratory

The Chinese laboratory in Wuhan has a high-quality security system, it is impossible to confirm the version of the FBI and the US Department of Energy that the coronavirus “leaked out of there”, Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, said at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Health.

“They didn’t study anything forbidden there [in Wuhan], at least from what they have,” she added ( quoted by RIA Novosti).

The day before, the FBI admitted that the coronavirus pandemic was caused by a leak from a Chinese government laboratory. The head of the department, Christopher Ray, indicated that China is making every effort to prevent the United States and other countries from investigating a "possible laboratory incident" and the circumstances of the pandemic.

A similar opinion is shared by the US Department of Energy, sources told The Wall Street Journal last week. Previously, a similar theory was proposed to be considered as “plausible” by the national laboratory of the US government, but the National Intelligence expressed doubts about this version. Four more intelligence agencies support the theory of the natural origin of the virus, two have not decided, the WSJ pointed out. “Right now, there is no consensus in the US government on exactly how COVID began,” said White House spokesman John Kirby.

WHO suspends investigation into origin of coronavirus Politics

An investigation into the origin of the coronavirus began two years ago at the WHO together with China, but the organization soon complained that the Chinese side was creating obstacles. Beijing does not share initial data on the first cases found in Wuhan in December 2019, the WHO explained. And based on the available data, the laboratory origin of the virus was considered unlikely by WHO. The head of the organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, admitted that “incidents happen, it happens.” Further investigation into the origin of COVID-19 at WHO was suspended.

China firmly rejects suspicions of a coronavirus leak from its laboratory. The intentions of the WHO to investigate the version of the laboratory origin of the infection in Beijing were called "political posturing" and "arrogance towards science." After the publication of the data of the American intelligence services, the Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded to stop discrediting the republic and politicizing the issue of coronavirus.

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