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Vice-minister of China’s National Health Commission.
The institute had never carried out gain-of-function experiments. The closest strain to the novel coronavirus studied at the institute only shared 96.2 percent of their genome sequences, which is not similar enough to be determined as the novel coronavirus's progenitor.
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Zeng Yixin, quoted in “'Lab leak' theory unfounded,” National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, July 23, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Denial of gain-of-function work and a plausible progenitor directly oppose a lab-related-origin claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified The quote denies relevant lab work and a progenitor link; against matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified China NHC, 23 Jul 2021, attributes this wording to Zeng Yixin. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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