WHO scientists visit Wuhan lab where COVID-19 may have begun

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Facebook A fact-finding team of World Health Organization scientists on Wednesday visited the Chinese lab that US officials have suggested could be the source of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO'S team spent about 3-1/2 hours at the heavily-guarded Wuhan Institute of Virology in the city where the global pandemic was first detected in late 2019. While secretive about their work there, the team confirmed that they met Shi Zhengli, the lab's deputy director dubbed "Bat Woman" for her work with bat viruses, and one of the first to isolate the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. "Extremely important meeting today with staff…

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