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.

The report indicates that spending for PCR tests jumped in China from 36.7 million yuan in 2018 to 67.4 million yuan in 2019. 

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.  A U.S.-Australian cybersecurity firm known as Internet 2.0 compiled data points of the PCR equipment purchases into a report.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/china-pcr-test-covid-19/2021/10/05/id/1039146/