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Intelligence on sick staff at Wuhan lab fuels debate on virus origin

Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with symptoms consistent with both coronavirus and common seasonal illness and sought hospital care in November 2019, Wall Street Journal reported citing undisclosed US intelligence report. Beijing reported its first confirmed case in December 2019. This report has once again thrown spotlight on the origins of the virus and added weight to the argument that that virus may escaped from the Wuhan lab. China has repeatedly denied that the virus escaped from one of its labs. World Health Organization’s