CIA Agency: The laboratory leak was probably the origin of Corona

According to Isna, according to informed officials, the change in the approach of the CIA agency regarding the origin of the spread of the coronavirus and the defense of the hypothesis of a laboratory leak is not based on new information, but based on the evaluation of existing evidence.

The New York Times also wrote that the report by the CIA shows that the agency’s analysis includes a more detailed examination of the conditions in the highly-secured laboratories in Wuhan province, China, before the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, a CIA spokesperson noted that other hypotheses are also plausible, stressing that the agency continues to evaluate any new credible information.

The CIA has long been uncertain whether the outbreak was caused by human exposure to an infected animal or a potential accident at a research lab in China.

John Ratcliffe, the new director of the CIA, who was nominated for this position by US President Donald Trump and approved by the Senate, approved the publication of the agency’s new assessment of the origin of the Corona virus.

Ratcliffe has long believed that the coronavirus may have spread from a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

After being confirmed on Friday, the new CIA director said in an interview that one of his first priorities was for the agency to release a public assessment of the origins of the pandemic.

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