The U.S. intelligence service remains divided over the exact origin of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, leaving open the question of whether a Chinese lab incident was responsible, according to a declassified report. was made public.
The report, however, notes that the SARS-CoV-2 virus did not develop as a “biological weapon”. Covid-19 started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, initially on a small scale, and Chinese officials did not know about the virus before the initial outbreak of the epidemic.
One of the intelligence services estimates that the first human infection was most likely caused by an accident in a laboratory. But three others say they have not been able to reach a conclusion and that some analysts favor the “natural origin” of the virus and others the “laboratory”.
Without new information, it is impossible to provide a definitive explanation for the origin of Covid-19. It would take China's cooperation to do so, but Beijing is “blocking” the investigation, the text continues.
In a statement, US President Joe Biden accused China of leaking “critical information about the origin of the pandemic” and stressed that Washington would continue to work with its partners around the world to pressure Beijing to share information. and work with the World Health Organization.
ΚΥΠΕ
