Boris Johnson's government reportedly believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a Chinese laboratory
a laboratory technician working on samples from people to be tested for the new coronavirus at "Fire Eye" laboratory in Wuhan in China's central Hubei provinceThe UK government reportedly believes the coronavirus outbreak may have started in a Chinese laboratory.However, some scientists believe an accidental leak is a plausible alternative theory.
"Perhaps it is no coincidence that there is that laboratory in Wuhan," one UK government official told the Mail on Sunday newspaper.The UK government believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan where Chinese scientists were researching the virus,Most experts believe the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus began in markets in the Chinese city of Wuhan when animals passed on the disease to humans.
Johnson was admitted to a London hospital on Sunday where he received oxygen treatment and remained for tests on Monday.One biologist who believes it cannot be ruled out is Professor Richard Ebright of Rutgers University's Waksman Institute of Microbiology.as saying many of the scientists in Wuhan who have been working on the coronavirus have only had "minimal protections" against infection.
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