US Intelligence Report, Into Coronavirus Origins Is, 'Inconclusive'.
A U.S. intelligence report looking into
the origins of the coronavirus pandemic
has come back inconclusive.
Agencies remain divided on whether the virus
was the result of a natural spillover from animals
to humans or was caused by a laboratory leak.
According to the BBC, a summary of
the report is expected to be published soon.
The BBC reports that China's foreign minister,
Wang Yi, dismissed the report as "anti-science.".
He claimed Washington had "ignored and abandoned" research from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a report that would only serve its own "political purposes.".
He claimed Washington had "ignored and abandoned" research from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a report that would only serve its own "political purposes.".
The pandemic, which has claimed
over four million lives around the world, was first
reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early 2020.
Earlier this year, a WHO team concluded that the disease was most likely transmitted by an animal sold at a market.
The report dismisses the idea that the virus could have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has studied coronaviruses for over a decade.
This conclusion has been
rejected by some scientists.
Meanwhile, China has suggested that the virus originated from Fort Detrick, a military installation in the U.S.
Meanwhile, China has suggested that the virus originated from Fort Detrick, a military installation in the U.S.
The BBC reports that the facility was once
the center of the U.S. biological weapons program.
It currently houses biomedical labs researching
viruses including Ebola and smallpox