Illegal Chinese biolab found in California

bit of a weird one

A mysterious, unlicensed COVID-19 bio-lab was recently discovered at 850 I St., Reedley, California. On July 31, California Globe Editor Katy Grimes published an article highlighting her conversation with City of Reedley Code Enforcement Officer Jesalyn Harper:

  • “From May 2 through May 4, the CDC’s Division of Select Agents and Toxins inspected 850 I Street. Court documents confirm the CDC found potentially infectious agents at the location. These included both bacterial and viral agents, including: chlamydia, E. Coli, streptococcus pneumonia, hepatitis B and C, herpes 1 and 5 and rubella. The CDC also found samples of malaria.
     
  • Ms. Harper said she received the abatement warrant, which covers all of the abandoned items in the warehouse on I Street. She said the record owner of the Property is AY-NC-LP, and the official tenant of the Property is Prestige Biotech, Inc. The Property consists of a 1.73-acre parcel lot with an industrial warehouse.”

the CDC found potentially infectious agents at the location. These included both bacterial and viral agents, including: chlamydia, E. Coli, streptococcus pneumonia, hepatitis B and C, herpes 1 and 5 and rubella 

Think we've located tecco. 

it seems (reading a bit further) that there was some lab n Fresno and was being operated by Universal Meditech, Inc which had the proper business licence. 

their building got damaged, they were facing eviction and bankruptcy

a new company pops up, takes all the lab kit and stores it in some random sub let warehouse?

then it gets a bit hazy (because it references a news report from the Mid Valley Times which my virus blocker says 'do not touch') but the excerpt says 

As the MidValley Times reported last week, the building has been illegally operated since October 2022 by Wang Zhaolin of Prestige Biotech, and the lab was used to produce COVID-19 tests and pregnancy tests. The early report said the mice were genetically engineered to catch and carry COVID-19 – for what purpose is unsettling.