US government suspends funding so that Wuhan lab ‘does not receive another dollar’ over stonewalling COVID probe
The US government has scra༺ped funding for the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has long been scrutinized as the possible origin of COVID-19,𒐪 after the facility didn’t fork over documents about safety and security, according to a report.
President Biden’s White House t⛎ook the ac💫tion Monday, according to a memo
The Department of ꦇHealth and Human Services informed the Wuhan lab of its determination and is looking to compl🍸etely stop any future funds from going to the lab, the memo indicates.
After a review that 🅰start💛ed in September, the agency found the lab is not compliant with federal regulations.
“This action wi🍨ll ensure that [Wuhan Institute of ꦅVirology] does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson told the outlet.
The funding decision comes as the US and China continue to be at odds over the communist regime’s lack of transparency tied to the origin of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Two federal agencies, including the FBI, believe the start of COVID was the result of a lab leak while five o💜thers have asserted the virus spread to humans as a result of nat♛ural transmission from an infected animal.
T🔯he CIA and other agencies have not sided one way or another.
The deadly virus has killed 7 millio𝔍n people across the globe.
The US spokesperson told Bloomberg Monday the Wuhan lab has not responded to federal offici꧅als yet since the US decided to cut fu♚ture funding that would include new contracts, grants and other transactions.
The Wuhan Institute ha🍃s not received a penny from the National Institutes of Health since 2020, Bloomberg noted.