![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-visited-the-notorious-wuhan-lab/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23512086-1693824711753.jpg&description=A FORMER US trade delegate has claimed he was forced to flee China after visiting the Wuhan lab and raising concerns about deadly virus tests. Ron Fleming compared the under-fire lab at the centre of the storm over the origins of Covid to a "military camp" when he visited in the late 1990s - and believes he found the "first piece of the puzzle". 3 Ron Fleming visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the 1990s while working for the US government Credit: Supplied 3 The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been linked to the origins of Covid Credit: AP 3 Former US trade delegate Ron Fleming described the lab as a 'military camp' Credit: AFP The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been at the centre of the lab leak controversy ever since Covid first emerged just a stone's throw from the facility - which was known to be studying very similar bat viruses. Many scientists and intelligence officials suspect bungling researchers at the lab accidentally spread Covid during risky experiments on bat coronaviruses. With a background in bioengineering, Ron was working for the US Foreign Commercial Services promoting products in Wuhan when he stumbled across what he described as "a clandestine laboratory". It was a routine business trip in 1998 for the 62-year-old until he was called in to probe a mystery virus sweeping through a group of fish in a lake. It turned out the lake was located just metres from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. After ruling out any other causes of the virus, he was convinced the nearby lab was playing a role in the deaths of the virus-riddled fish. He believes he uncovered the Wuhan Institute of Virology's "sinister secret" - claiming scientists were deliberately targeting and carrying out virus experiments on the fish. After making the discovery, Ron said he was forced to flee China as he avoided Communist Party officials and the Chinese military. He returned to Hong Kong and immediately told US diplomats about the lab and his suspicions - but nothin){kind=link}
A FORMER US trade delegate has claimed he was forced to flee China after visiting the Wuhan lab and raising concerns about deadly virus tests.
Ron Fleming compared the under-fire lab at the centre of the storm over the origins of Covid to a “military camp” when he visited in the late 1990s – and believes he found the “first piece of the puzzle”.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been at the centre of the lab leak controversy ever since Covid first emerged just a stone’s throw from the facility – which was known to be studying very similar bat viruses.
Many scientists and intelligence officials suspect bungling researchers at the lab accidentally spread Covid during risky experiments on bat coronaviruses.
With a background in bioengineering, Ron was working for the US Foreign Commercial Services promoting products in Wuhan when he stumbled across what he described as “a clandestine laboratory”.