Mystery AtlasWuhan Institute of Virology
A Chinese research institute that conducted NIH-funded bat-coronavirus research, including gain-of-function work later acknowledged by US regulators, and is the specific facility named in the COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
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Wuhan Institute of Virology is referenced by COVID-19 Lab-Leak Hypothesis.
Organisations & Programmes
Wuhan Institute of Virology was investigated by Federal Bureau of Investigation — The FBI assessed with moderate confidence that a laboratory-linked incident was the most likely origin, one of several split US intelligence agency conclusions published in 2023.