The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the controversial Chinese research center at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, reportedly received cage patents to keep bats for testing – months before the coronavirus outbreak. The laboratory is suspected of being the center of origin of the coronavirus.
It was also discovered that the patent for “bat breeding cages” was granted in January 2019 – just 11 months before China reported its first COVID-19 case. The research center filed another patent on October 16, 2020, for the “artificial method of raising wild bats”.
This report by The Mail on Sunday comes after the team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) completed its investigation and said that, in terms of the origin of COVID-19, the laboratory leak was “highly unlikely”.
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One patent discusses the transmission of SARS-CoV from the bat to humans or other animals, saying that bats infected by the virus naturally or artificially do not have obvious clinical symptoms and the mechanism is not known. It also says that the method is for breeding bats for scientific research.
According to the report, the patent says: “The invention aims to provide an artificial breeding method for predators of wild bats, which aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, and predators of wild bats are artificially domesticated, bred and passed on. to establish an artificial breeding group, thereby providing an entirely new experimental animal model for scientific research. “
In terms of keeping bats alive inside the laboratory, Anglo-American scientist Peter Daszak, whose organization EcoHealth Alliance has studied bat viruses with WIV for several years, said in an April 2020 tweet: “Researchers don’t keep bats, nor they kill them. All bats are returned to the cave site after sampling. It is a conservation measure and is much safer in terms of spreading diseases than killing them or trying to keep them in a laboratory. “
While it is difficult to determine whether these practices observed in patents are true, according to the report, Chinese researchers can maintain 12 bat cages along with 12 ferrets cages.
The bat cage patent included many details about the conditions of feeding, reproduction and drinking. He also added that the animals are captured as needed and released after collecting the necessary samples or temporarily raised for some time.
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The report said that in November 2019, the controversial Wuhan laboratory filed a patent for a device to treat injuries sustained while handling pathogenic viruses in the laboratory. Those who applied for this patent have worked at WIV for more than a decade. Some of them are the scientists who studied Coronavirus in bats.
Charles Small, an open source intelligence consultant, who discovered these mysterious patents, said: “Wuhan’s laboratory describes the capture of wild bats in mountain caves and their creation in patented cages for use as animal models in scientific experiments. mention infection of bats with viruses artificially. “
According to him, the patented method of dealing with bats known to carry SARS-related viruses daily at the time of feeding “risks the overflow of the coronavirus”.
Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society’s study center, said the WHO needs to share full details of WIV’s experiments with bats and coronaviruses.
“As this pandemic progresses and more and more people tragically lose their lives, the issues continue to increase for China and the research carried out at its Wuhan Institute of Virology,” he said.