Top Wuhan virologist had ties with military scientists

A top Chinese Virologist from Wuhan Institute of Virology has ties to military scientists of China who had been helping her in coronavirus researchOne of these two military scientists has been listed as deceased In March Dr Shi Zhengli a Wuhanbased virologist who was accused of performing dangerous experiments with bat coronaviruses denied claims that Wuhan Institute conducted studies with the military but several pieces of evidence were found that proved Dr Shirsquos links with the military scientists Fox News reported citing US MEDIADr Shi along with military scientist Ton Yigang researched on coronavirus back in 2018 Later Shi also worked with another military scientist Zhou Yusen in 2019 Zhou was declared dead in the footnote of an article published in 2020 but the reason for his death is still unknownAmid the resurgence of lab leak theory of Covid19 a new report has revealed that China deleted early coronavirus data in a possible bid to conceal its origins hence impeding the World Health Organizationrsquos WHO investigation of the virusEarlier the Wall Street Journal WSJ investigation had found that China resisted international pressure for a probe that it saw as an attempt to assign blame China delayed the probe for months secured veto rights over participants and insisted its scope cover other countries as wellMoreover the WHOled team that traveled to China in early 2021 to investigate the origins of the virus struggled to get a clear picture of what research China was conducting beforehand faced constraints during its visit and had little power to conduct thorough impartial research without the blessing of the Chinese governmentThe team had initially declared that a lab accident was an extremely unlikely cause of the pandemic However WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus later called for further investigation into the lableak hypothesisKim berates officials for lsquocrucialrsquo virus lapseNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a lsquogreat crisis using strong language that raised the specter of a mass outbreak in a country that would scarcely be able to handle it The state media report Wednesday did not specify what lsquocrucialrsquo lapse had prompted Kim to call the Politburo meeting of the ruling Workersrsquo Party but experts said N Korea could be wrestling with a significant setback in its pandemic fight So far it has claimed to have no infections despite testing thousands of people and sharing a porous border with ChinaNo compulsory vaccinations in Russia says PutinVladimir Putin PicAPRussian President Vladimir Putin who has been confirmed with highlevel antibodies against Covid19 virus after being inoculated with Sputnik V vaccine on Wednesday said he remains opposed to compulsory coronavirus vaccinations for Russians even as the country faces a deadly third wave ldquoI said once as you remember that I donrsquot support compulsory vaccination And I continue to adhere to the same point of viewrdquo Putin said during his annual lsquoDirect Linersquo callin television show responding to citizens questions the Russian news agency TASS reported The 68yearold Russian leader was quoted by The Washington Post as saying ldquoThe only way to prevent the pandemic from developing further is vaccinationrdquo he said ldquoI hope that the prejudices among people will decreaserdquoNovel mask to detect Covid19 infectionResearchers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a new face mask that can diagnose if the wearer is infected with SARSCoV2 the virus which causes Covid19 within 90 minutes164937No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours181344224Total no of cases worldwide3934252Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever