U.S. officials have suggested that there may be evidence that the virus accidentally leaked from the Chinese lab.
China has strongly denied the claim, defended the lab, and accused Western media of spreading rumors and engaging in smear campaigns.
On Friday, the Chinese Academy of Sciences published a list of candidates for its annual outstanding achievement award, which included the Wuhan lab.
WIV identified the COVID-19 pathogen and finished the virus genome sequencing and isolation in a timely manner, as well as determined that the virus"shares the same functional receptor as the SARS virus," the academy said. It also listed a slew of other research achievements by WIV scientists, before noting that"the research group has completed the most comprehensive and systematic pathogenic identification research into COVID-19."directed intelligence officials to ramp up efforts to probe the origins of the coronavirus, including the Wuhan lab theory. He revealed that America's intelligence community was unsure whether the virus emerged from animals or an accidental lab leak.
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