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Chinese Lab with Checkered Safety Record Draws Scrutiny over COVID-19

John Xie

   In the more than four months since China reported an outbreak of viral
   pneumonia in Hubei province, the coronavirus has raced to nearly every
   corner of the world, but there are still no firm answers as to where it
   all began.

   China has said the first infected people caught the virus from live
   animals being sold in a wet market in Wuhan, Hubei's main city. But
   since the first public reports of an unusual viral outbreak emerged
   last December, many observers have also noted that China's first Level
   4 bio-safety lab, which conducts research on animal coronaviruses, is
   located just a few kilometers from the wet market.

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