U.S. halts funding access to Wuhan lab at heart of COVID-19 origins debate.
July 19, 2023, 9:31 PMAerial view of the P4 laboratory on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, May 27, 2020.The virus lab at the heart of the contentious debate around COVID-19’s origins has been cut off from U.S. funding opportunities for likely violating National Institutes of Health's biosafety rules, according to a memo shared with ABC News.
The WIV hasn't received any federal funding from NIH since the summer of 2020, according to HHS. Still, their continued noncompliance has shown that they "lack the present responsibility to participate" in federal funding programs altogether, the memo states. HHS sent a letter to the WIV's director general informing the institution of their suspension and possible long-term federal funding ban. The Monday-dated letter, shared with ABC News and signed by an HHS official, was sent via email, fax and UPS. The suspension was effective immediately, the letter said.
An HHS spokesperson said in a statement to ABC News that this move comes after a lengthy review, noting the agency "took action" on cutting the WIV's funding access "after a monthslong review conducted by the Biden administration. The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.
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