by Rob Crilly and Connor Boyd at The Daily Mail
U.S. lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China, where athletes complained of COVID-like symptoms and described the city as a ‘ghost town’ weeks before authorities admitted the spread of a new virus.
Almost 10,000 international competitors from 100 countries took part in what is known as the ‘military Olympics‘ in October 2019, two months before Beijing confirmed they were treating patients with an ‘unknown pneumonia’.
But today the city is at the center of concerns the virus leaked from a virology lab triggering fresh calls for investigators to examine claims that athletes fell ill.
‘One athlete from Luxembourg reported “nearly empty” streets in Wuhan during the games, recalling, “It was a ghost town” and “There were rumors that the government warned the inhabitants not to go out,”‘ wrote Rep. Mike Gallagher in a letter to the Pentagon first reported by the Washington Post.
‘While anecdotal, these reports raise important questions about the timeline of the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.’…
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