Director of national intelligence report says highly unlikely to fully conclude if virus leaked from lab or was transmitted by animals
Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, US intelligence agencies will not be able to conclude whether Covid-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials have said on the release of a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic.
The paper issued by the director of national intelligence elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by Joe Biden. That review said that US intelligence agencies were divided on the origins of the virus but that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon and that most agencies believe the virus was not genetically engineered.
