Daily Mail: Beijing now admits that coronavirus DIDN'T start in Wuhan's market... so where DID it come from, asks IAN BIRRELL
* Centre for Disease Control and Prevention's Gao Fu admitted no viruses were detected in animal samples
* He said they were found only in environmental samples, including sewage
* Gao's sudden reversal came after series of studies cast doubt on his original claim
China has become used to public confessions on television. But this time the words came from one of the nation’s top officials and had seismic global implications.
‘At first, we assumed the seafood market might have the virus, but now the market is more like a victim,’ said Gao Fu, director of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
This was a stunning admission. For the same scientist had unequivocally pointed the finger of blame at Wuhan’s market where wild animals were sold when his country eventually told the world about a deadly new virus in the city.
The market was shut and cleaned up like a crime scene, in the words of another expert, as global attention focused on the ghastly trade in wild animals.
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WNU Editor: When it comes to Covid-19, never trust what China is saying.
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