The Covid-19 pandemic was triggered by a leak from a Chinese lab, the CIA now believes. It is the first time the American intelligence agency has settled on a stance about the origin of the virus that led to lockdowns worldwide at the beginning of the ...
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The Central Intelligence Agency with a "low confidence" has changed its stance and concluded that it's likely the COVI-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic five years ago.
Bill Gates said in a recent interview that the chance of another pandemic in the next 4 years is between 10% and 15%.
The intelligence agency says it has a “low confidence” in its new finding, but this is further than it has ever gone in pinpointing the origin of a virus that killed millions worldwide.
The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a "research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely."
On March 11, it will be five years since the declaration of covid-19 or novel coronavirus as a pandemic by World Health Organization, and when it was announced by WHO on 5 May 2023 that ‘The head of
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The Central Intelligence Agency said the Covid-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were possible.
The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins.
An executive order is in the works that would halt U.S. funding for research that makes viruses that are more virulent or contagious.