The dossier published in the WSJ: 3 Chinese virologists seriously ill in November 2019

Three researchers from the Chinese Institute of Virology in Wuhan, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal, became seriously ill with Covid-19 in November 2019 so much that they needed hospital treatment. The news is contained in a previously undisclosed US intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a more comprehensive investigation into whether the virus may have escaped the lab. The details of the report go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the last days of the Trump administration, according to which several researchers at the lab, a center for studying coronaviruses and other pathogens, fell ill in the fall. 2019 “with symptoms compatible with both Covid-19 and a common seasonal disease”. The disclosure of the number of researchers, the timing of their illnesses and their hospital visits come on the eve of a meeting of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, which is expected to discuss the next phase of an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 .