The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has probably been released from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, said Robert Redfield, former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The theory that the virus was released by a Chinese laboratory, which was rejected by a large number of epidemiologists, created tension between China and the West, the agency notes.
“I still believe that the most likely origin of the virus in Wuhan is the laboratory from which it was released. It is not uncommon for respiratory viruses treated in laboratories to infect a laboratory employee,” Redfield said in an interview with CNN television.
According to Redfield, the virus, which “has become one of the most contagious in human history,” is unlikely to have originated in bats, according to many experts.
Redfield, who headed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the tenure of former US President Donald Trump, was shared during Trump’s presidency by other senior officials in the former president’s government, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. . He said recently that there was strong evidence of the laboratory origin of the virus, but did not provide any evidence for his claims.
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