CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but has "low confidence" in its assessment
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 ... from a lab in Wuhan. Two years ago a report by the Energy Department concluded a lab leak was the most likely origin, though that ...
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The nuanced finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural origin.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation or leakage of the COVID-19 virus, a spokesperson of China's foreign ministry said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The announcement follows the arrival of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the agency.
The agency has “low confidence” in its judgment, but that’s still a switch from its previous belief that Covid likely had natural causes. The Wuhan Institute of Virology origin was always ...
His comments came after a US government official stated that the most "credible" theory about the origin of coronavirus ... Wuhan. This team plans to study the 'wet market' thought to be linked ...
(The Center Square) – The COVID-19 virus "more likely" originated from a research lab in China, the CIA now says, though it has "low confidence" in its determination. Multiple media outlets are ...
The Central Intelligence Agency said Saturday that it’s more likely a lab leak caused the Covid ... in Wuhan, China. The “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin ...
"The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was reached by the China-WHO joint expert team based on field visits to relevant laboratories in Wuhan," foreign ministry spokeswoman ...
The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a "research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more ...
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