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The Wuhan lab (Pt 1): Mutant viruses and risky experiments

Did the pandemic start in a lab? The first of a two-part Sunday Times investigation

The first of our two-part special on the origins of Covid, drawing from a new Sunday Times investigation into the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Newly declassified US intelligence leaves open the question of where the pandemic really started. But fresh evidence drawn from confidential files reveals Chinese scientists spliced together deadly pathogens shortly before the pandemic.

Guests:
- Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.
- George Arbuthnott, Deputy Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: CNN, ABC News, PBS, CBC, Sky News Australia, NBC News, South China Morning Post, Fox News, US Institute of Medicine, US National Research Council of the National Academies, C-SPAN.

This podcast has been acquired by the 大象传媒. It is not complied by 大象传媒 Editorial Standards but covered by the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

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30 minutes