Wuhan laboratory scientists 'did absolutely crazy things' to alter coronavirus and enabled it to infect humans, Russian microbiologist claims
World renowned expert Professor Petr Chumakov made claims about the labs
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By Will Stewart for MailOnline
Published: 10:35 EDT, 23 April 2020 | Updated: 12:15 EDT, 23 April 2020
A leading Russian microbiologist has claimed the coronavirus is the result of Wuhan scientists doing 'absolutely crazy things' in their laboratory.
World renowned expert Professor Petr Chumakov claimed their aim was to study the pathogenicity of the virus and not 'with malicious intent' to deliberately create a manmade killer.
Professor Chumakov, chief researcher at the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology in Moscow, said: 'In China, scientists at the Wuhan Laboratory have been actively involved in the development of various coronavirus variants for over ten years.
'Moreover, they did this, supposedly not with the aim of creating pathogenic variants, but to study their pathogenicity.
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