Referring to an article in The Washington Times, this piece examines the relationship between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and China’s biological warfare program, China’s possible preparation of propaganda to counter future lab-leak accusations, coronavirus research including SARS at the P4 facility, and suspicions surrounding dangerous virus samples sent from Canada to China.

April 1, 2020
This may indicate that China is preparing propaganda — the organized promotion by a state of its doctrines, principles, or claims — to counter future accusations that the new virus escaped from a civilian or military laboratory in Wuhan.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
One ominous sign, said a U.S. official, is that false rumors since the outbreak began several weeks ago have begun circulating on the Chinese internet, claiming that the virus is part of a U.S. conspiracy to spread germ weapons.
A U.S. government official mentioned that one ominous sign in this matter is the rumor that has been circulating on the Chinese internet for several weeks, claiming that the present coronavirus outbreak was caused by a U.S. conspiracy to spread germ weapons.
That could indicate China is preparing propaganda outlets to counter future charges that the new virus escaped from one of Wuhan’s civilian or defense research laboratories.
This may indicate that China is preparing propaganda — the organized promotion by a state of its doctrines, principles, or claims — to counter future accusations that the new virus escaped from a civilian or military laboratory in Wuhan.
The World Health Organization is calling the microbe novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
At a meeting in Geneva on Thursday, the organization stopped short of declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The World Health Organization, the WHO, named the pathogen novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
At a meeting held in Geneva on Thursday, the WHO stopped short of declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The virus outbreak causes pneumonia-like symptoms and prompted China to deploy military forces to Wuhan this week in a bid to halt the spread.
All travel out of the city of 11 million people was halted.
The sudden outbreak of the virus causes symptoms similar to pneumonia.
These symptoms prompted China to deploy military forces to Wuhan this week in an attempt to stop the spread of infection.
And all travel out of Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, was halted.
The Wuhan institute has studied coronaviruses in the past, including the strain that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, H5N1 influenza virus, Japanese encephalitis, and dengue.
Researchers at the institute also studied the germ that causes anthrax — a biological agent once developed in Russia.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology has studied coronaviruses in the past, including the strain that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, as well as H5N1 influenza virus, Japanese encephalitis, and dengue.
Researchers at the institute have also studied the bacterium that causes anthrax, a biological agent once developed in Russia.
“Coronaviruses, particularly SARS, have been studied in the institute and are probably held therein,” he said.
“SARS is included within the Chinese BW program, at large, and is dealt with in several pertinent facilities.”
“Coronaviruses, particularly SARS, have been studied at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and are probably kept there,” he said.
“SARS is broadly included within China’s biological weapons program and is dealt with at several related facilities.”
It is not known if the institute’s array of coronaviruses are specifically included in the biological weapons program, but it is possible, he said.
Shoham said that it is not known whether the array of coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology is specifically included in China’s biological weapons program, but that it is possible.
Asked if the new coronavirus may have leaked, Mr. Shoham said:
“In principle, outward virus infiltration might take place either as leakage or as an indoor unnoticed infection of a person that normally went out of the concerned facility.
This could have been the case with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but so far there isn’t evidence or indication of such incident.”
Asked, “Did the coronavirus leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology?” Shoham said:
“In principle, there are two possible routes for a virus to infiltrate outward: either a leak from the facility, or an unnoticed indoor infection of a person who then normally left the facility.
Such a case could have occurred at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but so far there is no evidence or indication of such an incident.”
After researchers sequence the genome of the new coronavirus, it might be possible to determine or suggest its origin or source.
Once researchers analyze the genome sequence of the new coronavirus, it may become possible to determine or suggest the origin or source of the virus.
Mr. Shoham, now with the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, said the virology institute is the only declared site in China known as P4 for Pathogen Level 4, a status indicating it uses the strictest safety standards to prevent the spread of the most dangerous and exotic microbes being studied.
Shoham is now affiliated with the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
According to Shoham, the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the only publicly declared site in China known as P4, meaning Pathogen Level 4, a status indicating that it uses the strictest safety standards to prevent the spread of the most dangerous and exotic microbes being studied.
The former Israeli military intelligence doctor also said suspicions were raised about the Wuhan Institute of Virology when a group of Chinese virologists working in Canada improperly sent samples to China of what he said were some of the deadliest viruses on earth, including the Ebola virus.
The former Israeli military intelligence doctor also said that suspicions about the Wuhan Institute of Virology became clearer when a group of Chinese virologists working in Canada improperly sent samples to China of some of the deadliest viruses on earth, including the Ebola virus.
To be continued.