国内英语资讯:Wuhan lab director rejects COVID-19 conspiracy theory: Reuters
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="April">April</span> 28-- <span word="Claims">Claims</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Biosafety">Biosafety</span> <span word="Laboratory">Laboratory</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wuhan">Wuhan</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Virology">Virology</span> (<span word="WIV">WIV</span>) <span word="were">were</span> <span word="groundless">groundless</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contradict">contradict</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="Zhiming">Zhiming</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>.</p><p><span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="said">said</span> "<span word="malicious">malicious</span>" <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> "<span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thin">thin</span> <span word="air">air</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contradicted">contradicted</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span>. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="WIV">WIV</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="construct">construct</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span>," <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="SARS">SARS</span>-<span word="CoV">CoV</span>-2 <span word="genome">genome</span> <span word="indicating">indicating</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="man">man</span>-<span word="made">made</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="conspiracy">conspiracy</span> <span word="theories">theories</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="fuelled">fuelled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="withdrawn">withdrawn</span>, <span word="claiming">claiming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="proteins">proteins</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="an">an</span> "<span word="uncanny">uncanny</span> <span word="similarity">similarity</span>" <span word="with">with</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="SARS">SARS</span>-<span word="CoV">CoV</span>-2 <span word="originated">originated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="bats">bats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pangolins">pangolins</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="species">species</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="consensus">consensus</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="evloved">evloved</span> <span word="naturally">naturally</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>.</p><p>"<span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 70 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emerging">emerging</span> <span word="infectious">infectious</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="originated">originated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>," <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="coronaviruses">coronaviruses</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="origins">origins</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bats">bats</span>, <span word="mice">mice</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="theories">theories</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="accidentally">accidentally</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="harvested">harvested</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="bats">bats</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="purposes">purposes</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="biosecurity">biosecurity</span> <span word="procedures">procedures</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="strictly">strictly</span> <span word="enforced">enforced</span>, <span word="Reuters">Reuters</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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