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intelligence declassified conclusions about the origin of covidit is believed that the first cases of CORONAVIRUS emerged in November 2019, and the Chinese authorities did not know about the impending pandemic in advance. However, the hypothesis about the origin of the virus in the laboratory has not yet been rejected.

What were the findings of the investigation?

The US National Intelligence Office has published the main findings of a declassified report on the study of the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The intelligence community has reached a consensus that:

the virus was not developed by CHINA as a biological weapon Chinese officials had no information about the virus until the first outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2

In addition, most intelligence agencies believe that the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus was probably not created using genetic engineering methods. However, such conclusions are not conclusive, and the two structures insist that there is insufficient evidence to rule out the hypothesis of an artificial origin of the virus, the document says.

Given the incomplete information available to the United States, the intelligence community still considers two possible hypotheses for the origin of the coronavirus - transmission of SARS-CoV2 from an animal to humans and leakage from a laboratory. Supporters of the natural origin of the virus in the intelligence community point to the lack of preparation of the Chinese government for the outbreak of the virus. Analysts who support the version of the laboratory origin of SARS-CoV2 note that working with coronavirus samples is very dangerous and can lead to accidents.