An early strain of the corona virus, which scientists say grew up in a laboratory, was found in samples taken from a Chinese laboratory in the city of Wuhan, where the corona plague first broke out, the British Telegraph reported today.
The findings came from a joint study conducted by scientists from the University of Medicine in Lorend, Hungary, after researchers accidentally found the samples and were surprised by the type of virus they were diagnosed with.
According to the claims, the samples were taken in 2019 and even 2018 and their presence may indicate that the virology laboratory in the city of Wuhan worked with engineered samples of the virus before the outbreak.
Microscopic close-up of the corona virus, Photo: AP / NIAID-RML
The samples were sent to the Sangon Biotechnological Research Institute in Shanghai in early 2019. On the genetic sequence, the researchers concluded that it was probably one of the ancestors of the virus that broke out in Wuhan, adding weight to claims that the strain of the virus originated in a Chinese experiment.
The sample also contained the remains of monkeys and hamsters, evidence that it was found in a laboratory and apparently also tested on animals as part of an experiment conducted by Chinese scientists.
The samples were sent to Shanghai for genetic sequencing and were later transferred to a research institute in Hungary.
The British journalist, who researched the source of the virus and wrote a book about it, Matt Ridley, told the paper: "The unique mutation indicates that it is an earlier variant. Which were kept in laboratories. "
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