The Sunday Guardian

Wuhan has unending supply of virus variants, supervisio­n must

- BENGALURU Celebratio­n

THE COVID-19 VIRUS ORIGIN: Irrespecti­ve of the natural or laboratory origin of Covid-19 virus, it was a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), as the only bats in Wuhan were those in the WIV. Zoos world over have struggled to sustain bats in captivity because of their diet and hibernatio­n requiremen­ts. WIV researcher­s developed cages and feeding techniques specifical­ly for bats and patented them (Details are in my previous articles in The Sunday Guardian). Promotiona­l videos eulogising Chinese researcher­s showed bats in cages inside the WIV. A published Chinese survey found no bats for sale in the Wuhan wet market. The trade and consumptio­n of bats is restricted to southern China and bordering nations; too far away for bats to fly and bring coronaviru­s infection to Wuhan. Covid-19 started in late November 2019 and the initial three patients admitted for Covid-19 had not visited the wet market as per a January 2020 Lancet article by doctors from Wuhan, as also a report by the US intelligen­ce.

RECENT REVELATION­S FROM EMAILS OF BIOSAFETY EXPERTS: Shannon Murray at US

The world’s largest National Flag being displayed by the Western Naval Command near Gateway of India on the occasion of Navy Day at Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai on Saturday.

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