There has been several allegations against the Chinese government for trying to cover up the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. In the latest, a doctor from China, who was involved in the diagnosis of the early covid cases in the country, has revealed that local authorities in Wuhan destroyed the initial evidence of the virus.
According to PTI, Professor Kwok-Young Yuen, a microbiologist, physician and surgeon in Hong Kong, who diagnosed Covid-19 cases in Wuhan, has said that physical evidence at the Huanan wildlife market was destroyed to cover up the outbreak.
“When we went to the Huanan supermarket, of course, there was nothing to see because the market was clean already. So, you may say that the crime scene is already disturbed because the supermarket was cleared. We cannot identify any host which is giving the virus to humans,” BBC quoted Professor Yuen as saying.
He further said, “I do suspect that they have been doing some cover-up locally at Wuhan. The local officials who are supposed to immediately relay the information have not allowed this to be done as readily as it should.”
Coronavirus pandemic is said to be originated from the Huanan wildlife market in the central Chinese city, Wuhan, last year in December.
As per Johns Hopkins data, China has reported 86,570 covid-19 cases and 4,652 deaths.
However, many countries, including the US, have criticised China for not sharing the severity of the disease. Beijing had denied the accusations.
The US president, Donald Trump, had even called the virus, ‘Chinese Flu’, holding China responsible for it.
China has also been accused of reprimanding Dr Li Wenliang who tried to warn the medics about the severity of the deadly virus from the very beginning. He was the first to report about the virus in December last year.
Unfortunately, Li contracted the disease and died in February.
Till now, the pandemic has globally infected over 16 million people while more than 648,000 people have lost their lives to it.