COVID19 was 'not man-made or genetically modified' - US spy agency
WASHINGTON - The top US spy agency said for the first time on Thursday that the American intelligence community believes the COVID-19 virus that originated in China was not man-made or genetically modified.
"The will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan," it added. US officials familiar with intelligence reporting and analysis have said for several weeks that they do not believe the conspiracy theories.
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