The CIA now believes a laboratory leak in China is the most likely explanation for the origins of COVID-19, despite admitting to having 'low confidence' in its conclusion. This assessment, based on fresh analyses of intelligence, comes after former CIA chief John Ratcliffe declassified and released a report on COVID's origins. While the agency acknowledges the plausibility of a zoonotic origin (jumping from animals to humans), it assigns a higher probability to the lab leak theory. The CIA will continue to evaluate new information that could change its assessment.
The CIA now believes the most plausible explanation for the origins of Covid-19 is that it leaked from a laboratory in China , it has emerged. The American spy agency’s assessment has taken aim at a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan despite admitting it has "low confidence" in its own conclusion.The bombshell development comes after new CIA chief John Ratcliffe, installed by President Donald Trump, declassified and released a report on Covid’s origins.
"Read more: 'Release Covid data', WHO tells China on five year 'milestone' of deadly outbreakRead more: Flu warning issued as 'quad-demic' surge sees Covid-era masks return to hospitals across Britain The CIA "will continue to evaluate any available credible new intelligence reporting or open-source information that could change CIA's assessment," the spokesperson added.
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