While running experiments on COVID strains, a female researcher got bitten by a lab mouse. She later tested positive for the virus the following Thursday (Dec. 9). The lab contained not only samples of the alpha variant, but other variants as well. The scientist stepped down from her position in early December, but the reason for her resignation is still being investigated.
In an emergency press conference held the evening of Thursday, the head of Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), ...