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China’s Official Narrative on Wuhan Wet Market Contradicted by Leaked Document

China’s Official Narrative on Wuhan Wet Market Contradicted by Leaked Document
Chinese health workers and police watch over the last remaining civet cats confiscated from a wildlife market in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province on Jan. 6, 2004. -/AFP via Getty Images
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The suggestion by the Chinese regime that the CCP virus originated from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, which sold seafood, wild animals, and fresh produce, is contradicted by an internal investigative report dated Jan. 22 that was reviewed recently by The Epoch Times.

While some of the city’s first cases were connected to the market, the earliest documented patient wasn’t. Scientists still haven’t determined the virus’s origin; U.S. officials, citing intelligence, said the virus was likely naturally occurring, but may have leaked from a virology research lab in Wuhan.
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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