Wuhan lab was engaged in military activity with PLA, says former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

By Team Newsable | First Published May 31, 2021, 11:11 AM IST

China has been under increasing pressure over the probe in the coronavirus origin, even as scientists are demanding more clarity to go into the roots of the global pandemic.

As pressure continues to mount on China on the Covid-19 origin, the United States has stepped up its attacks.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.

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"What I can say for sure is this: we know that they were engaged in efforts connected to the People's Liberation Army inside of that laboratory, so military activity being performed alongside what they claimed was just good old civilian research," Pompeo said, as per Fox News.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been under the lens since the global pandemic began. Earlier last week, US President Joe Biden had announced that he had directed intelligence agencies to further probe the Covid-19 origin.

Pompeo further added that China refuses to reveal anything related to their activities. He further added that China refused World Health Organization (WHO) access to Wuhan Lab.

Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt on May 26 spoke to Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, Director of Endocrinology at Flinders Medical Centre, who said that the world's scientific community had been "tricked by China", reported New York Times Post.

Andrew Bolt said on his show The Bolt Report: "Finally a lot of experts are now saying well actually it does now look like this virus maybe did escape from that Chinese lab and China is feeling the heat."

Professor Petrovsky told him that although some Chinese scientists have suggested that Covid-19 originated from pangolins, this is unlikely to be the case, reported New York Times Post.

WHO team investigating the origins of Covid-19 in China found no evidence that the virus leaked from the Wuhan lab.

However, the team was closely monitored by Chinese authorities during its investigation, and one of its members told UK news agency news that China refused to hand over key data from the initial outbreak, reported New York Times Post.

(With inputs from agency)

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