02.08.2021, 16:02
The Virologist Evaluates Reports about Coronavirus Leak from Laboratory in China
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS So he commented on the report of the Republicans from the US, according to which the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, where it was "leaked".
“It is very difficult to prove that it was the leak that caused the pandemic, it goes beyond a biological problem. This can be proved by some indirect evidence, but hardly biological”, - Lukashev clarified in an interview with RIA “Novosti”.
At the same time, a scenario with a possible virus leak does not necessarily mean the artificial creation of a virus, the expert emphasized. So, scientists could investigate a natural virus by accidentally contracting it.
The corresponding report on the coronavirus leak from the Wuhan laboratory was published earlier in the day. The document states that a laboratory in Wuhan conducted tests of "gain-of-function mutations" while the work was carried out "in an unsafe environment". It is also believed that the first cases of coronavirus occurred in August or September 2019.
“It is very difficult to prove that it was the leak that caused the pandemic, it goes beyond a biological problem. This can be proved by some indirect evidence, but hardly biological”, - Lukashev clarified in an interview with RIA “Novosti”.
At the same time, a scenario with a possible virus leak does not necessarily mean the artificial creation of a virus, the expert emphasized. So, scientists could investigate a natural virus by accidentally contracting it.
The corresponding report on the coronavirus leak from the Wuhan laboratory was published earlier in the day. The document states that a laboratory in Wuhan conducted tests of "gain-of-function mutations" while the work was carried out "in an unsafe environment". It is also believed that the first cases of coronavirus occurred in August or September 2019.
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