China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology Banned From Receiving U.S. Funding Due To COVID-19 Origin Suspicions

The Department of Health and Human Services officially banned China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving U.S. funding for the next 10 years. Reports say more evidence pointed to the Coronavirus leaking out of the research institute’s laboratory.

On September 20, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially announced that it would ban China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving U.S. funding for the next 10 years. Reports say the announcement came after more evidence has pointed to the Coronavirus leaking out of the research institute’s laboratory.

According to Etzel, on September 19, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a notice to Dr. Yanyi Wang, Director General of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, informing her that the research institute would be denied U.S. research grants until July 16, 2033. Nonetheless, reports say no officials from the institute had disputed nor responded to the decision.

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Banning of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology

According to Christenson, in a previous report, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) also discovered that China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology had conducted experiments on bat coronaviruses that yielded a level of viral activity greater than what the U.S. research grants permit under their terms. Furthermore, the NIH also made requests for the laboratory findings of the research institute on November 5, 2021 and January 6, 2022 but all other requests were reportedly ignored.

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