AmidthecontinuedspreadoftheCOVID-19 virus, there's risingspeculationtheviruscouldhaveoriginatedfrom a governmentlaboratoryinWuhanratherthan a widelyheldbeliefthatitemergedfromthecity's Huananseafoodmarkets.
Citing a reportpublishedbyChinesescientists, a Chinese-languagenewspaperpublishedinHongKong, MingPao, andtheBritishdaily, TheMirror, explainedSundaythattheWuhanCenterforDiseaseControlorWHCDCcouldhavespawnedthecontagioninHubeiprovince.
Againstsuch a backdrop, anarticlepublishedbyTheWashingtonTimeslatelastmonthisgarneringattention, asitraisesthepossibilitythatthedisastrousoutbreakcouldbetheaccidentalresultofbiologicalweaponsresearch.
Thiscomesas a renownedlawprofessoratTsinghuaUniversityinBeijing, XuZhangrun, isknowntobemissingafterpubliclycondemningChinesePresidentXiJinpingforfailingtocontainthespreadofthevirusatanearlystage.