US government backed shock Wuhan lab plan to collect 500,000 viruses months before Covid and KNEW it was dangerous [Video]

THE US government backed a risky virus-hunting project led by the Wuhan lab at the centre of the Covid origins debate, The Sun can reveal.

The Global Virome Project – a pitch to collect every virus in the world led by Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “Batwoman” and New York-based EcoHealth Alliance – had allies in the US government, new documents show.

Security guards keeping watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit from the World Health Organisation in 2021Credit: Reuters

Peter Daszak from New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, pictured in 2021, worked closely with Wuhan Institute of VirologyCredit: AFP

Former US Ambassador Terry Branstad – pictured with Chinese president Xi Jinping – signed a cable endorsing a virus-hunting project involving the Wuhan labCredit: Getty – Pool

EcoHealth Alliance, whose mission is to prevent pandemics, has been under fire since the early days of the pandemic over its bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan lab.

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