China Honours 'Bat Woman' Of Controversial Wuhan Lab As WHO Team Arrives To Probe COVID-19 Origins


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China has honoured a virologist of a controversial Wuhan-based bio-lab, which was at the centre of COVID-19 storm, as a WHO team arrived at the Chinese city to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology who has earned the moniker of 'Bat Woman' for her passionate research into bats and viruses was honoured as an "advanced worker of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)", the state-run Global Times reported, citing a WIV announcement on Friday. Outgoing US President Donald Trump has alleged that the novel coronavirus emanated from WIV before it spread across...