A classified report from the US Energy Department states that the virus that causes COVID-19 is most likely to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
This claim comes over a year after the FBI concluded that the origin of the disease was due to a lab accident in China. The FBI’s decision was made with “moderate confidence” and still remains the bureau’s opinion.
On the other hand, the Department of Energy came to its determination with “low confidence,” and its importance is attributed to the fact that it oversees the American nuclear weapons program, with a great deal of scientific expertise.
Both agencies reportedly arrived at their conclusions for different reasons, with the sources declining to detail the new intelligence cited by the Energy Department.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that there is a variety of views in the intelligence community and that the origin of COVID-19 remains under investigation. Avril Haines, US Director of National Intelligence, addressed a panel session during the 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
The National Intelligence Council and four unidentified agencies still believe with “low confidence” that the virus first spread to humans as the result of natural transmission from an infected animal, according to the Journal. The Central Intelligence Agency and another unidentified agency reportedly remain undecided on the lab leak and natural transmission theories.
The virus that causes COVID-19 has killed more than 6.8 million people globally, including 1.1 million in the US. Last year, Senate Republicans released an interim report that found the virus most likely leaked out of a Chinese lab and that “the hypothesis of a natural zoonotic origin no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt or the presumption of accuracy.”
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