Security personnel outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in February 2021.;
Credit: REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation or leakage of the COVID-19 virus, a spokesperson of China's foreign ministry said during a regular press conference on Wednesday 12 February 2025.
The institute also never carried out any gain-of-function research on coronaviruses, the spokesperson said.
