US Intelligence: According to the US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment report, American intelligence agencies consider it possible that the COVID-19 coronavirus could have appeared naturally or as a result of an incident in a laboratory.
« All agencies believe that two hypotheses are a plausible explanation for the origin of COVID-19: natural contact with an infected animal and a laboratory incident, » the report, released on Wednesday, said.
At the same time, an independent commission continues to investigate the origin of the virus.
The report also reiterates that Beijing continues to obstruct the investigation into the origin of the virus, refuses to share information, and blames other countries, including the United States.
Earlier in March, FBI Director Christopher Wray repeated the version of the origin of COVID-19 as a result of a laboratory incident in Wuhan in, China.
Shortly after the start of the pandemic, Donald Trump, who served as President of the United States, repeatedly voiced the version of the laboratory origin of the coronavirus. He argued that China would need to make amends for the damage caused to the world by the coronavirus.
Trump himself has often referred to COVID-19 as the « Chinese virus, » and his opponents have criticized such claims. Under current US President Joe Biden, work to determine the origin of COVID-19 continues.
