No, there is no public evidence that the miners were infected by the virus. The common story is the WIV sent people there to check if it was a virus. From there

No, there is no public evidence that the miners were infected by the virus. The common story is the WIV sent people there to check if it was a virus. From there it diverges to the WIV saying "turns out it was a fungus" and then an obscure masters thesis about the cases that just assumes it was a virus.