The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo
The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo
China /  People & Culture

Chinese research lab ‘badly hurt’ by man-made coronavirus rumours

  • Wuhan Institute of Virology says conspiracy theories have ‘seriously interrupted the emergency research we are doing’
  • They include that the virus strain was ‘leaked from the WIV lab’ and it was ‘taken over by the military’

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Liu Zhen
Liu Zhen in Beijing

Updated: 11:52pm, 20 Feb, 2020

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The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo
The Wuhan Institute of Virology said rumours had “caused severe damage to our researchers who have been dedicated to working on the front line”. Photo: Weibo
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