COVID-19 Data From Early on in Pandemic Removed From NIH Database at Chinese Scientist’s Request

COVID-19 Data From Early on in Pandemic Removed From NIH Database at Chinese Scientist’s Request
The P4 laboratory on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei Province, on May 27, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A leading American expert in influenza viruses discovered that early sequences of the novel coronavirus (CCP virus) genome were deleted at the request of researchers in China, which was confirmed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The NIH, which hasn’t yet responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment, told the Wall Street Journal that it deleted the sequences after a Chinese researcher requested the U.S. agency to do so, explaining that the researcher had submitted the sequences three months earlier. The statement said the scientist wanted the data removed in June 2020 because an updated version of the sequences was uploaded to another unspecified database.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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