In the US, they did not find evidence of the origin of COVID-19 in the laboratory

National intelligence has previously doubted the laboratory origin of covid-19 . CHINA refused to cooperate with the WHO in the investigation of the origin of the virus and accused the organization of political posturing

US National Intelligence did not see evidence of a possible incident during the study of coronaviruses in the Wuhan laboratory, which could lead to a COVID-19 pandemic. This is stated in the report of the department.

“We still have no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 or its close progenitor was present in the research holdings of the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the pandemic, and no direct evidence that a specific research-related incident occurred prior to the pandemic, with the participation of the personnel of the institute, which could have caused the covid pandemic,” the document says.

At the same time, intelligence reported that the laboratory conducted extensive research on coronaviruses.

U.S. authorities have previously held to the theory that COVID-19 spread as a result of a leak from a Chinese laboratory. This theory was proposed to be considered as “plausible” by the national laboratory of the US government, it was also supported by the FBI, but national intelligence expressed doubts about this version. Four more intelligence agencies support the natural theory of the origin of the virus, two have not decided, The Wall Street Journal writes. “Right now, there is no consensus in the US government on exactly how COVID started,” White House spokesman John Kirby said in late February.

WHO, after the start of the pandemic, launched an investigation into the origin of the infection. Already in February of that year, the organization announced China's refusal to provide the necessary initial data on 174 cases of CORONAVIRUS that were detected in the city of Wuhan in December 2019. Based on available data, WHO experts considered that a laboratory origin was "highly unlikely".

Further, Beijing refused to help the WHO investigate the version of a laboratory leak and accused the organization of political posturing. The HEAD of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, admitted that the virus could have appeared in a Chinese laboratory: “I myself was a laboratory assistant, I am an immunologist, I worked in a laboratory and I know that incidents happen in the laboratory. It happens". Further research into the origin of the virus was suspended by the WHO due to opposition from China.

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