Security personnel gathered near the entrance of Wuhan Institute of Virology. Photo: (Twitter)

Dr. Alina Chan, an expert on gene therapy and cell engineering at MIT and Harvard University, made this claim when providing evidence to the British Parliamentary Science and Technology Special Committee.

British MPs learned today that China is now the most likely source of the coronavirus outbreak because it is trying to cover up leaks in the Wuhan laboratory.

According to Harvard University scientist Dr. Alina Chan who testified before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, COVID-19 was genetically made in China.

She also said that the CCP’s cover-up of the initial outbreak in Wuhan two years ago and its attempt to obstruct WHO's investigation of the source of the pandemic have given credibility to the interpretation of laboratory leaks. 

Lord Ridley, the Conservative Party lord who co-authored a book on the origin of the virus with Dr. Chen, said that despite two years of investigation, experts have not found an animal reservoir that supports the natural origin. This fact supports the COVID -19 from Come out of the laboratory.

The recent discovery of China’s attempt to cover up the facts forced British and American intelligence agencies to seriously investigate the idea of ​​laboratory leaks, which was previously regarded as a conspiracy theory by lunatics. Also read | Scientists studying the origin of Covid noticed a timeline difference; the first case was a supplier in the Wuhan market. On the other hand, explosive accusations are expected to put pressure on the British government to question Beijing's claims that the virus originated in nature.

They are also expected to raise more questions about the relationship between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the World Health Organization, which was accused of publishing a whitewash report on the epidemic last year. Watch | Gravitas: Covid-19 Origins: Is the virus "manipulated" in the laboratory?

When asked about the possibility of laboratory leaks as the origin of the pandemic, Chen said that "at this point, laboratory origin is more likely than natural origin."

"We all agree that a major incident occurred in the South China Seafood Market, which was a super-spread incident caused by humans. There is no evidence that the virus on the market originated from natural animals," she pointed out.

Regarding her level of confidence that the world can finally determine the true origin of COVID-19, Chen said it is only a matter of time.

"It is not safe for people who know the origin of this epidemic to stand up. It may be five years later, or it may be 50 years later, but we are living in an era where a lot of data is collected, storing... we All it takes is a credible, systematic investigation," she said.

"We now know that this virus has a very unique feature called the furin cleavage site, which makes it a pandemic pathogen. Therefore, without this feature, it would be impossible to cause this pandemic."

"Just in the last September, a proposal was leaked, indicating that scientists from the Ecological Health Alliance are working with Wuhan Institute of Virology to develop this pipeline for new furin cleavage sites (these genes) in the laboratory. Modified) inserted into a SARS-like virus." Chen said.

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