US could be involved in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic

US specialists from EcoHealth Alliance were studying coronaviruses at several laboratories in the United States, as well as in Wuhan, before the initial outbreak of the infection in China, a study conducted by Project Veritas said, OpIndia reports. In March 2018, EcoHealth Alliance asked the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to fund scientific research on bat-borne coronaviruses. The agency rejected the request, assuming that such work could be too dangerous. In addition, such work would be conducted in violation of the previously imposed ban on the research to enhance the properties of various viruses. Nevertheless, the US National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci later approved the project, and scientists proceeded to their research, including at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Thus, US specialists could be involved in the creation of the new virus that triggered the global pandemic, Project Veritas concluded.