{"id":72767,"date":"2020-08-10T21:46:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72767"},"modified":"2020-08-10T21:46:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:16:34","slug":"false-claim-that-us-researcher-dr-lieber-made-and-sold-coronavirus-to-china-continues-to-float-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-that-us-researcher-dr-lieber-made-and-sold-coronavirus-to-china-continues-to-float-online\/","title":{"rendered":"False claim that US researcher Dr Lieber “made and sold” coronavirus to China continues to float online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several users on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> have shared a news clip with the claim, “The United States has just discovered the man who made and sold the Corona virus to China. Dr. Charles Lieber, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biology at Havard University, USA. USA He was arrested today according to sources from the US department.”<\/p>\n

A Twitter user posted the viral video. It has over 3,000 views.<\/p>\n

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USA just discovered the man who manufactured and sold the Corona virus to China. Dr Charles Lieber, head of the chemistry and biology department at Havard University, USA. He was just arrested today according to American department sources.<\/p>\n

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In the video, US attorney Andrew Lelling can be heard saying that the chairman of the chemistry department at Harvard University Dr Charles Lieber was arrested from his office. Liebling says that the complaint filed against Dr Lieber alleges that he signed a contract with the Chinese University in Wuhan and was paid up to $50,000 per month and up to $158,000 in living expenses. It was further reported that Dr Lieber allegedly received more than one and a half million dollars to set up a research lab in China all while working at Harvard and receiving multiple research grants from the US Department of Defense and national institutes of health.<\/p>\n

Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the video on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n