US intelligence agencies fail to reach conclusion on Covid origins
The Director of National Intelligence in a report on Friday said SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019.However there was no unanimity among the intelligence community (IC) on the origins of the Corona virus. The virus was not developed as a biological weapon. Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARLs-Cov 2 probably was not genetically engineered: however two agencies believe there was no sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way."said the unclassified version of the project.The report did not name the intelligence agencies. The IC also assesses that the china officials did not have the fore knowledge of the virus before the initial outbreak of covid 19 emerged,it said. After examining all available intelligence reporting and other information the IC remains divided on the most likely divede of covid 19.All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory- associated incident," the report said.
