Illegal Biolab Discovered in California Warehouse Containing ‘At Least 20 Potentially Infectious Agents’ Including Coronavirus and HIV

A mysterious unsanctioned lab operating in a warehouse in the city of Reedley, California, was discovered by local and federal authorities.

The bizarre discovery was made in March when Reedley code enforcement officers were sent to the warehouse over an illegally attached garden hose and other building code violations.

“It was pretty clear right off the bat that something was going on we didn’t have a business license for,” Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba said. “They didn’t have any city approvals; that building was supposed to be vacant.”

The Fresno County Department of Health was then called, where they found an “unlicensed laboratory full of lab mice, medical waste and hazardous materials”, including samples of coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis, chlamydia, and E. Coli.

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The discovery of biological and viral agents at the warehouse led to a multi-agency investigation which included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the FBI, the State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the State Department of Health and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

From NBC News:

According to court documents, city officials inspected the location at 850 I St. on March 3 for building violations and found various chemicals being stored. On March 16, an inspection by county public health officials allegedly turned up medical devices thought to have been developed on-site, such as Covid and pregnancy tests.

“Certain rooms of the warehouse were found to contain several vessels of liquid and various apparatus,” court documents said. “Fresno County Public Health staff also observed blood, tissue and other bodily fluid samples and serums; and thousands of vials of unlabeled fluids and suspected biological material.”

Hundreds of mice at the warehouse were kept in inhumane conditions, court documents said. The city took possession of the animals in April, euthanizing 773 of them; more than 175 were found dead.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested the substances and detected at least 20 potentially infectious agents, including coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes, according to a Health and Human Services letter dated June 6.

The tenant of the warehouse is China-linked company Prestige BioTech, who is not license to operate in California.

Officials spoke to the company’s president Xiuquin Yao, who claimed that Prestige BioTech “moved assets belonging to a defunct company, Universal Meditech Inc., to the Reedley warehouse from Fresno after UMI went under. Prestige Biotech was a creditor to UMI and identified as its successor, according to court documents,” NBC News reported.

“The other addresses provided for identified authorized agents were either empty offices or addresses in China that could not be verified,” court documents said.

The documents also reveal that between October 2022 until its discovery, Prestige BioTech was illegally disposing of medical wastes, including the mice, while operating the illegal biolab.

Incredibly, Prestige BioTech represenative Wang Zhaolin told investigators that the mice were “genetically engineered to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus.”

Local officials said a biologically hazardous situation like this is unprecedented.

“This is an unusual situation. I’ve been in government for 25 years. I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Zieba.

Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) Director David Luchini said, “I’ve been with the department for 30 years and I don’t recall a similar situation.”

FCDPH assistant director Joe Prado echoed Luchini’s remarks.

“Twenty-six years with the county of Fresno, and I have never come across this situation nor have I heard any of my counterparts deal with a situation like this,” Prado said, adding that investigators found “over 800 different chemicals on site in different bottles of different acids.”

“Unfortunately, a lot of these are being categorized under unknown chemicals,” he said. “The evaluation required coordination and collaboration with multiple federal and state agencies to determine and classify biological and chemical contents onsite, in addition to assessing jurisdictional authority under this unique situation.”

How was this illegal biolab able to run in California without regulation or any awareness by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) administration?

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