2020.01.01
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Wuhan
On January 1, 2020, the Wuhan Public Security Bureau issued a notice stating that 8 people who had spread rumors were being investigated and punished according to law. The notice was broadcast on CCTV, and Li Wenliang's epidemic warning was among them.
2020.01.01
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Wuhan
On January 1, 2020, China's central health authority issued a gag order to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ordering it to destroy all collected coronavirus samples; a few days later, the People's Liberation Army of China took over the laboratory. The institute subsequently published an open letter in response to questions about genetic engineering, a lab leak, and military involvement, but provided no detailed evidence.