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#BREAKING Some key information about the #coronovirus that originated from #Wuhan. A patent was filed by a #British company in 2015, all the inventors of the pathogen are still working at this company.

Further more this deadly pathogen requires a BSL-4 level bio hazard lab..

in order to be contained, BS-4 level labs deal with the deadliest pathogens and viruses known to man, these labs are rare and are in only small amount of advanced countries.

#China annoucned in 2017 that it was aiming to build a state of the art BSL-4 bio hazard lab in #Wuhan to study these deadly pathogens and viruses, in 2018 the Lab was built and was not used and laid dormant until the current out break.

Patent info:
Patent number: 10130701
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 23, 2015
Date of Patent: Nov 20, 2018
Patent Publication Number: 20170216427.....

Assignee: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE (Woking, Pirbright)
Inventors: Erica Bickerton (Woking), Sarah Keep (Woking), Paul Britton (Woking)
Primary Examiner: Bao Q Li
Application Number: 15/328,179...

Company website: pirbright.ac.uk