The search for the reason: So far it is unclear exactly where Covid-19 has its origin. US researchers are now making serious allegations against a research institution schimin Wuhan.
Update from April 18, 10:45 a.m .: Reports of Washington Post and the transmitter Fox News according to the go US–Intelligence agencies suspected of Corona virus could be from outside the metropolis Wuhan settled organiclaboratory originate and not. This would contradict reports from the Chinese authorities that the virus is from one Wildlife market passed on to people in Wuhan.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology did not want to comment on the allegations on Friday.In February, however, it rejected the rumors already circulating at the time. The deputy director of the Wuhan virus research laboratory, Shi Zhengli, was one of the authors of the Chinese study, according to which Sars-Cov-2 comes from bats. In an interview with US scientific magazine Scientific American, Shi said that the Sars-Cov-2 genome, decrypted by her researchers, was not identical to any other pathogen in the laboratory.
London’s King’s College biosafety scientist Filippa Lentzos told AFP that the origin of the coronavirus pandemic remains unknown. There are indications that “could indicate a possible laboratory accident,” Lentzos said. However, this is not proven.
Corona: Labor accusations against China – ZDF report expresses serious suspicion, Maas looks deeply
News from April 17th:
Update 16:38: Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Bild how important it is to know where the virus came from and how it came about. “These are all questions that need to be answered, and I assume that China, as it is publicly represented, will play a constructive role in this.” At the same time, he warns that the Chinese leadership will have enough in the next few weeks Ways to demonstrate how transparently she actually wants to deal with the virus.
Meuse becomes even clearer when it comes to the reopened animal markets in Wuhan. He could “not understand”. The fight against pandemics is about everyone doing their part. “Then you might have to change cultural habits. We do that here too: we treat each other differently, we keep our distance, we no longer shake hands, we walk around with masks. ”
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is calling for resistance in the United States – it’s about corona curfews in U.S. states.
Corona: Labor accusations against China – ZDF report expresses serious suspicion, Maas looks deeply
Update from April 17, 9.28 a.m .: So now – China reports 1290 deaths from Wuhan that were previously unknown – the number of deaths in the province doubles to 3869. The reason why these deaths are only now known China with overwhelming staff and a lack of treatment options at the start of the pandemic.
This correction comes at a time when criticism of China about how to deal with the virus gets louder. Also in ZDF Today Journal critical voices are voiced – above all, the fact that WHO is preventing Taiwan from becoming an independent member is an indication that WHO is letting China say too much. A China correspondent goes further and says the current one WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was “probably raised by China on the post”.
Heiko Maas in conversation with Marietta Slomka (ZDF).
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In the following interview with the Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) Moderator Marietta Slomka also speaks about the suspicion that the coronavirus could be in one Accident in a Chinese laboratory have been transferred to humans. Maas says: “I would not rule out that the WHO also has to deal with these questions.” It is also one of the tasks of the WHOTo provide information – the WHO must therefore continue to be supported by the United States.
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Update from April 16: Over 2 million people worldwide have been using the Corona virus infected, 134,000 have already died as a result of this. It is not yet clear where the virus comes from. From the USA there is some skepticism in the reports from China.
When asked during a press conference whether that virus from a chinese laboratory stem, said Donald Trump*: “I don’t want to say that,” said the US President: “But I will tell you that we hear this story more and more often.” U.S. government the happenings in China very precisely. Meanwhile, scientists do not believe that Corona virus is man-made, but natural transmission is most likely.
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Germany meanwhile does not share the US’s skepticism about the figures from China. “The Federal Government is not aware that China has withheld data,” the German Ministry of Health claims against the Rheinische Post. The FDP faction had followed up on the US allegations against China.
Coronavirus – A Chinese institute is suspected to have triggered the pandemic.
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A different way of counting due to the not precisely defined definition of the infection cases would initially have been in China led to inconsistencies. In this regard, the health department writes: “Taking into account the situation in the meantime, the case definition has to be adjusted during the epidemic understandable in China. “
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The leap in the rise Corona cases in China can therefore be attributed to the fact that the People’s Republic initially had an imprecise definition and it was only when this was tightened that the numbers rose. The USA and other countries accuse China of covering up the extent of the spread earlier this year.
Coronavirus: Harrowing Accusations against China – Negligence in Virus Tests on Bats in Wuhan?
First report from April 15: Wuhan – where exactly does that come from Corona virus? Researchers around the world are concerned with this question – but so far there is still one No Answer. The search appears difficult, only a few details are revealed by the Chinese government.
The Region of origin is known, however: the central Chinese province of Hubei and its now world-famous city
Wuhan. But how exactly could the virus spread from there to the whole country and beyond spread*?
Coronavirus: The search for the origin of the virus leads to Wuhan
The Chinese government initially announced that the coronavirus had spread to one of them Seafood market transferred to the first human. But today this can be clearly refuted, like that Washington Post reported. Chinese researchers announced the first known Covid-19 case on December 1. However, this person was demonstrably not connected to the fish market, nor did a third of the people subsequently infected.
But now a Wuhan resident is moving Research institute* back in the sights. There were already two years before the outbreak concerns by some US researchers. These were from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in January 2018 in the “Wuhan Institute of Virology “ sent. Two official and concerned warnings about Washington were the result. The reason: weaknesses in Security and management the research. The warning included a request that the United States like the institute in its work with bats and Corona viruses support. Research is important but very dangerous in this way.
Coronavirus: test on bats classified as too dangerous
The US researchers continue to report on the results of the Chinese institute and its Project manager Shi Zhenglithat the suspicion of transmission of SARS-like Corona viruses insist on people in bats.
As early as 2015, researchers expressed concerns about the dangerous work of Zhengli’s team. In October 2014, the US stopped payments that support research that makes viruses even more dangerous or contagious.
There is currently no evidence that this Corona virus was developed in the institute, says Xiao Qiang, University of California researchers. However, this does not mean that the virus cannot come from the institute.
Coronavirus: The Chinese government is currently not providing information
There are similar concerns about the neighboring and less secure laboratory “Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention“.
The Chinese government denied currently all information to the origin of the virus. The report by the US researchers was deleted from the Chinese Institute’s website. Researchers and journalists who had previously reported on the spread of the virus had disappeared.
Meanwhile, a German reporter accompanied a corona relief operation in Colombia – and experienced a dramatic flight
The Munich Curtis Warren Puckett was ill with the Covid-19. Of the Risk patient could be cured thanks to a new drug *.
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