China says ‘extremely unlikely’ Covid pandemic came from lab leak
- The Central Intelligence Agency released a new assessment stating it's more likely that the COVID-19 outbreak leaked from a lab in China rather than occurring naturally through animals.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe believes the origin of COVID-19 was a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
- A United States official indicated that the shift in stance was based on a new analysis of existing intelligence directed by former CIA Director William Burns.
- Republican Senator Tom Cotton expressed support for the CIA's disclosure, calling the lab leak theory the most reasonable explanation.
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China slams CIA’s COVID lab leak claim, says ‘extremely unlikely’ – Here’s why
Beijing dismissed the CIA's claim that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab, calling it “extremely unlikely.” The Chinese government pointed to findings from the China-WHO joint expert team, which concluded that a lab leak was highly improbable.
China hits back at CIA accusation on Covid-19 origin. "The virus originated naturally, not leaked from a lab"
A senior Chinese official on Monday denied suggestions by the US Central Intelligence Agency that the Covid-19 pandemic was triggered by a leak of the virus from a laboratory.
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