The corona plague may have started after a Chinese scientist contracted the virus while collecting bat specimens, according to a report released yesterday (Friday) by the World Health Organization.
According to a document obtained by the Danish TV2 TV channel, Dr. Peter Ben Ambark, a Danish scientist who led the investigation, the research team speculates that a laboratory worker may have contracted Cubid-19 while working in the field. "Very unlikely" to avoid further arguments with the authorities in China, where the plague began.
Dr. Peter Ben Ambark, who led the team that researched the origin of the corona on behalf of the World Health Organization, in August 2021, AP.
He added that the team had reached a deadlock with the Chinese, who allowed investigators to include in the organization's report only the possibility that it was a leak, in case there were no recommendations to continue investigating the issue. "We recommend specifically investigating the leak theory. We just left it there," he said.
Since the outbreak of the corona plague around the world, China has been under great pressure to release the documents of the laboratories operating in Wuhan and to allow for proper investigation into the circumstances that led to the outbreak of the plague.
In the United States, a report by a research team set up by President Joe Biden is expected to be released later this month, which will examine the possibility that this is indeed a leak from a laboratory.