Chinese Researcher Submitted COVID Virus Sequence 2 Weeks Before China Made Data Public

FILE - Health workers guide travelers arriving from China at a COVID-19 testing center at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul on Jan. 3, 2023.

A Chinese researcher uploaded a genome sequence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to a U.S. government database two weeks before the Chinese government shared the virus’ sequence with the world, according to documents made public Wednesday by a U.S. congressional committee.