- In 2017, a report from an official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) raised red flags about the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), according to internal records revealed this week by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI).
- “It is clear to me by talking to the technician that certainly there is a need for training support,” Dr. Ping Chen, an NIAID official, wrote in a report about the controversial laboratory suspected of unleashing COVID-19 on the world.
- Johnson, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, sent a letter this week to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and NIH Acting Director Lawrence Tabak, reiterating multiple requests for an interview with Chen.
