Washington: Where did the Coronavirus originate from? The US agencies looking for the answer to this question have not found anything special. In a report released on Friday, it has been said that they may never be able to get information about where Covid-19 came from. It was being investigated whether the coronavirus came from animals to humans or was leaked from the lab. At the same time, the agencies have also denied the fact of being a bioweapon or bio-weapon.
In a confidential report from the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), it has been said that both the natural origin and lab-ready hypotheses about how SARS-CoV-2 spread to humans are worth considering. However, it added that analysts disagree about which of these is more likely or can be evaluated.
In the report, the supporters of the coronavirus being a bio-weapon have been accused of spreading false information. It states that those who support this theory do not have direct access to the ‘Wuhan Institute of Virology’. However, on Friday, China criticized this report. China faced a lot of international criticism for not cooperating in the investigation of Covid.
According to Reuters, Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, made a statement via email, “The US decision to rely on intelligence agencies rather than scientists to trace the origin of Covid-19 is a complete political farce.” ‘ He said, ‘… this will only undermine science-based studies and create difficulties in the ongoing efforts of the world to find the source of the virus.’
Former US President Donald Trump and many of his supporters described Covid-19 as a Chinese virus. Some US agencies also supported that the virus is prepared in nature. The ODNI report states that four US agencies are expressing little confidence that Covid-19 came from an infected animal or related virus. According to the report, one agency has expressed moderate confidence that it is more likely that the first case of infection in humans was the cause of the accident in the lab.
