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The federal health government suspended investment for the U. S. -based EcoHealth Alliance, claiming the organization failed to oversee experiments at a Chinese lab before the pandemic.
EcoHealth, a New York-based nonprofit investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The two organisations are now being accused that their bat experiments may have contributed to the progression and spread of Covid. -19.
The Ministry of Health and Human Services said EcoHealth failed to adequately monitor dangerous viral experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, violating the terms of its federal grants and biosafety requirements.
The branch has to suspend federal investment for EcoHealth and will potentially be banned, making the organization ineligible for new U. S. federal contracts, grants, and other types of investment.
EcoHealth has been under federal investigation since the beginning of the pandemic, and officials continually ask the organization to turn over the required documents. In April 2020, former President Donald Trump publicly questioned the organization’s work in Wuhan and postponed its federal grant. However, investment was reinstated last year due to Republican objections.
The federal government has already cut investment in the Wuhan Institute, claiming that the lab failed to provide critical documents related to its research.
Recent debates between federal officials and scientists over whether Covid-19 arose from an overflow or lab leak have resurfaced investigations into EcoHealth’s work.
While there is no evidence that the Wuhan lab or any other study organization possessed SARS-CoV-2 before the pandemic, officials are wary of EcoHealth President Peter Daszak, who was one of the most prominent voices in 2020, arguing that the pandemic originated from a virus. Animal-human spread.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress applauded the decision and released a report claiming that EcoHealth and Daszak had acted with “contempt for the American people. “
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House committee investigating the Covid response, said, “The early suspension of investment for EcoHealth and its long-term exclusion is only a victory for the American taxpayer, but also for American national security. “and the protection of citizens. citizens of the world.
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif. ), the top Democrat on the panel, also said, “Every recipient of federal taxpayer investment has a legal responsibility to uphold the highest standards of transparency and accountability to the American public. “The resolution to suspend investments for EcoSalud will not be used as evidence to link them to the origins of the pandemic.
EcoHealth supporters responded by saying that the organization is being used as a scapegoat because there is no evidence linking its work to the pandemic.
In an email to the Washington Post last year, Daszak wrote, “We are confident that studies on the bat coronavirus conducted through EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have triggered the Covid-19 pandemic. “
Daszak said the organization would appeal the federal ruling on its funding.
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