China says Wuhan institute was not involved in creating COVID-19 virus

The Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation or leakage of the COVID-19 virus, a spokesperson of China's foreign ministry said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The institute also never carried out any gain-of-function research on coronaviruses, the spokesperson said.
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