Scientists from the laboratory in the Chinese Uhana recognized that they were bruoked during the collection of samples in the cave, where bats infected with coronavirus live. According to Taiwan edition of Taiwan News, which quotes Moscow Komsomolets, on December 29, 2017, Chinese state television issued a video showing that the Scientists of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) unceremoniously treated protective funds and that they were subjected to the bite of volatile mice carrying such Death viruses like SARS. Despite the fact that scientists work in the laboratory with the fourth levels of biosafety, on the frames they demonstrate the shocking neglect of safety measures when working with potentially infectious volatile mice both in the wild and in the laboratory.
For example, in one episode, a scientist holding a bat with bare hands is captured. In another - team members who collect potentially very infectious feces of bats, being in short sleeves and shorts and without noticeable personal protective equipment (PPE), except for gloves. In the same video, Virus Researcher Tsui Jie talks about how he was bitten. He described the feeling when the fangs of the bat passed through his glove, as "as if his needle stoles."
Daily Mail notes that this information should cause new questions from the WHO Expert Team, which is investigating the origin of COVID-19 in Uhana.
However, in the article, later published in the Chinese Research Center, Virologist Shi Zhengley, whose team was captured by video, argued that "this work is not so dangerous, as everyone thinks", but "the likelihood of direct infection of people is very small" .