U.S. Spy Agencies Unable to Pinpoint Source of Covid-19, Classified Report Shows
U.S. intelligence agencies are unable to conclusively determine how the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, according to a summary of a classified report.
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Four agencies assessed, with low confidence, it reached humans via infected animals, the summary said, but one argued with moderate confidence that it was the result of a lab accident.
The summary, drawn from a much longer classified report presented to President Biden on Tuesday, is unequivocal on two major points.
"We judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon," it stated. And, it said, U.S. spy agencies do not think that Chinese officials had foreknowledge of the virus, SARS-COV-2, before the outbreak emerged.
Most agencies assessed, though with low confidence, the virus was not genetically engineered, although two said there was not enough information to make a judgement, the report stated.
US intelligence: Origin of COVID-19 remains unclear, but China's leaders did not know about virus before outbreak began
US intelligence: Origin of COVID-19 remains unclear, but China's leaders did not know about virus before outbreak began
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US intelligence: Origin of COVID-19 remains unclear, but China's leaders did not know about virus before outbreak began.