The US Department of Energy believes that the coronavirus pandemic it likely arose from a leak in a Chinese lab, though the White House said Sunday that US intelligence is divided on the issue.
The statement, contained in a classified report by the office of Avril HaineDirector of National Intelligence, marks a shift in stance at the Department of Energy, which had previously been undecided about the origin of the virus.
People who had access to the classified report, quoted by the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, say that the department made its judgment with “Little trust”, highlighting how the different US agencies remain divided on the origins of COVID-19, the pandemic that hit the world in early 2020.
The finding, the result of an alleged new intelligence analysis, is significant because that department oversees a national network of laboratories, including some that conduct advanced biological research.
Thus, the department joins the fbi in the belief that the pandemic, which left nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, was the result of a laboratory accident in China.
Four US intelligence agencies believe that the covid it arose by natural transmission, while two others have yet to be decided, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The White House National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, stressed that the issue still persists “a variety of postures”.
“Right now there is no definitive answer that has emerged from the intelligence community on this question.”, he told CNN on Sunday.
China He energetically rejected this Monday the hypothesis that the United States Department of Energy now favors and said he felt “dirty” for these new accusations.
In mid-February, the World Health Organization promised to do everything possible “until i find the answerabout the origins of covidrefuting a report that suggested the UN body had dropped the investigation.
The scientific community considers it crucial to determine the origins of the pandemic in order to better combat a future one or even prevent it.
Source: AFP
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