In the report commissioned by Biden, there is no answer to the question laboratory or natural is COVID-19
The US intelligence report on the origin of the new coronavirus does not draw definite conclusions, several local media reported, quoted by AFP and BTA. The agency notes that the document commissioned by President Joe Biden does not provide an answer to this delicate issue, which is a source of tension between the United States and China.
In late May, Biden asked U.S. intelligence, which at the time was unable to say whether the coronavirus, which appeared in Wuhan in late 2019, was of animal origin or originated from a laboratory in the Chinese city, to “redouble its efforts.” “and find the answer to the riddle within 90 days.
The Washington Post reported that the US president received this top-secret report yesterday, but he did not give a definite answer. Despite research and analysis, the US intelligence community has failed to unite around one hypothesis.
Another American daily, the Wall Street Journal, partly explains the lack of a definite conclusion by the fact that China has not provided enough information.
Long rejected by most experts, the theory that the new coronavirus leaked in an accident from a laboratory in Wuhan has once again become part of the debate in the United States. More and more scientists are calling for a more in-depth investigation into the matter, AFP notes.
China, which vehemently rejects the hypothesis of the laboratory origin of the virus, accuses the United States of spreading “conspiracy theories.”
The new pathogen has killed nearly 4.5 million people so far, according to official data collected by AFP.
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