Genetic Sequence of Coronavirus Submitted Two Weeks Before Chinese Announcement, Documents Reveal
Newly shared documents with U.S. lawmakers indicate that the genetic sequence of the coronavirus responsible for the ongoing pandemic was submitted to a database by a virologist from China two weeks before the Chinese government disclosed its findings. The submission was made on December 28, 2019, but was reportedly incomplete. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested a resubmission three days later, which they never received. The World Health Organization (WHO) eventually received the findings from China on January 11, 2020.
