China Bought Huge Quantities of PCR Tests Before COVID-19 Outbreak

A new report details that China purchased a massive amount of testing equipment for viruses like COVID-19 months before the WHO filed official reports of the outbreak in December 2019. The testing equipment in question is what is known as a PCR test or polymerase chain reaction test. These tests can be used to detect viruses in humans or animals.-- More... According to the Sydney Morning Herald, spending for the tests soared in China's Hubei Province — where Wuhan is located — months before the official outbreak in December 2019. An U.S.-Australian cybersecurity firm known as Internet 2.0 compiled data points of the PCR equipment purchases into a report.