Director of maximum-security lab in China's Wuhan, rejects claims that it could be the source of the outbreak
A medical worker in protective suit prepares for an RNA test at Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province.
But the existence of the facility has fuelled conspiracy theories that the germ spread from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, specifically its P4 laboratory which is equipped to handle dangerous viruses. The institute had already dismissed the theory in February, saying it had shared information about the pathogen with the World Health Organization in early January.
"As people who carry out viral studies we clearly know what kind of research is going on at the institute and how the institute manages viruses and samples," he said.
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