Analysts trawled through PCR procurement contracts in Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital, and found spending had almost doubled on the previous year
The study by Internet 2.0 says: "We have come to the conclusion that, based on the data analysed, it suggests the virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in Wuhan, China, as early as the summer of 2019 and definitely by the autumn"
🔴The data and findings have been passed to US government officials amid growing speculation that the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan
According to the more accepted version of events, Covid originated in a "wet market" selling live animals in Wuhan at the beginning of December
But the new report claims spending on PCR equipment – critical in tracking Covid – in Hubei Province increased to £7.8 million in 2019 from £4 million the year before and £3.3m in 2017
The report alleges that the "significant increase in spending" was noticed from the summer of 2019, beginning as early as May...
That's seven months before public health officials in China notified the World Health Organisation (WHO) that a mysterious illness was spreading through Wuhan
"We believe the increased spending in May suggests this as the earliest start date for possible infection," the study claims.
🔴UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged "all parties" to "make every effort" to extend the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, including facilitating shipments of Russian grain
🔴The Dutch military intelligence service has warned companies that Moscow is trying to obtain high-tech assets for its war in Ukraine through front companies, local media has reported
🔴 Ukrainians will freeze to death this winter if the West does not urgently send blankets and generators to keep them warm, Vitali Klitschko has said
The 51-year-old mayor of Kyiv, and former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, told The Telegraph's @Barnes_Joe that increasing Russian attacks on power plants have left his country on the brink of a fresh humanitarian crisis
🔴America is to bring forward the delivery of dozens of highly accurate guided tactical nuclear weapons to Europe amid escalating tensions with Moscow
➡️In what was seen as a move to reassure Nato allies amid Russian nuclear-sabre-rattling, the replacement process will begin in December, having previously been expected next spring
Before the war, when “Maugly” came across a rival football team supporter, it would usually end in a brawl.
Muscular, tattooed and with a shaved head, he looks every inch the football hooligan - and he admits he has acted like it too telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
He is part of Hoods Hoods Klan, an anti-fascist, anti-racist ultra group that supported the now-bankrupt Arsenal Kyiv and engaged in violence with rival football factions known for including neo-Nazis.
But all that has changed. Now they are more concerned with Russia’s violence