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Chinese Bio Lab in California
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Spreading Covid? In March, code enforcement officers in Reedley, California, stumbled upon an unlicensed biolab.

Chinese Bio Lab in California

Congress wants to know if a California lab that was breeding mice to spread Covid-19 is part of China’s vast espionage schemes. ...
Rebecca Terrell

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is vowing to shine a congressional spotlight on a Chinese-linked bio lab in California. Local code enforcement officials discovered it operating illegally, and court documents reveal that lab mice found within were “genetically engineered to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus.”

Located in Reedley, it was operated by a company called Prestige BioTech, which is registered in Nevada but not licensed for business in California.

The city fire department called the lab a “hazard to the community” and a possible source of explosions and other health threats. The Fresno County Department of Health reported finding thousands of gallons of biological fluids and samples of at least 20 pathogens such as HIV, malaria, SARS, and E. coli.

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