AS PRESSURE MOUNTS IN CHINA OVER COVID-19 OROGINS,EX-FDA CHIEF SAYS 'LAB LEAKS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME'

  • 31/05/2021

Amid mounting concerns regarding a renewed probe of the origins of COVID-19 in China, former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that accidental lab leaks 'happen all the time' and there have been six last known outbreaks of SARS-1 from China.Gottlieb expressed concern about safety protocols at research labs in the US and abroad. He said that a conclusive determination on where the pandemic originated was critical to prevent deadly outbreaks in the future.


"These kinds of lab leaks happen all the time, actually...Even here in the United States , we've had mishaps, and in China , the last six known outbreaks of SARS-1 have been out of labs, including the last known outbreak, which was a pretty extensive outbreak that China initially wouldn't disclose that it came out of a lab," he said. This comes as calls for a further investigation into the pandemic has intensified in the past few days.Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said earlier this month that the evidence suggests that the coronavirus originated from the lab in Wuhan city of China, adding that the risk of bioweapons and bioterror arising from the region is "very real".

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