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Wuhan Lab Director Blasts U.S. Intelligence Report as 'Complete Lie' - The Washington Informer

Yuan Zhiming, the director of the Wuhan Biosafety Lab in China, said Monday a claim by U.S. intelligence report that several lab researchers were hospitalized in November 2019 was “a complete lie.” “Those claims are groundless,” Zhiming said to the Global Times, CNN reported. “The lab has not been aware of this situation, and I …

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