Claim: A Wuhan Institute of Virology study describes assembling part of a monkeypox viral genome for use in a diagnostic test. Although the researchers only made a fraction of the genome -- and it matches a different version of the virus -- social media posts are using the study to baselessly claim that the current monkeypox outbreak is a result of a lab leak.
Fact-check: Posts Distort Chinese Research Creating Fragment of Monkeypox Viral Genome - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a wuhan institute of virology study describes assembling part of a monkeypox viral genome for use in a diagnostic test. although the researchers only made a fraction of the genome -- and it matches a different version of the virus -- social media posts are using the study to baselessly claim that the current monkeypox outbreak is a result of a lab leak.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brea Jones
Date published: 2022-07-29T22:47:04