Wray couldn’t say much more about it, the investigation is still ongoing, many things are state secrets and China is obstructing the investigation. Ambassador Nicholas Burns this week urged the Chinese government to be more open about the source of the virus. The Wuhan Institute of Virology may have been at the cradle of the virus and the pandemic.
In the interview, Wray said that China “has done its best to try to counter and obscure the source of the global pandemic. And that’s a shame for everyone.
Some studies suggest that the virus jumped from animals to humans in Wuhan, China, possibly in the city’s fish and game market. The market is a 40-minute drive from the main Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been conducting research on coronaviruses.
Slander
China rejects any claims that the crown comes from a Chinese laboratory. Beijing calls it slander and refers to a 2021 WHO World Health Organization report. In it, the hypothesis that the virus came from a Chinese laboratory is “extremely unlikely”. The report was heavily criticized and WHO leadership called for a new investigation. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating in China that the virus does not come from Wuhan, but from a US military laboratory.
“Some parties need to stop repeating the ‘laboratory leak’ story, stop slandering China and stop politicizing the search for the origin,” said Mao Ning, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry.