The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement on Thursday saying officials 'will continue to rigorously examine emerging information' to verify the virus' origin site.
, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency originally proposed"that the outbreak probably occurred naturally," but amended its findings at the end of March, suggesting that the virus could have been accidentally released from a laboratory at Wuhan Virology Institute. The updated report reiterated that no evidence pointed to the intentional release of SARS-CoV-2, nor did it indicate that the virus"was created as a biological weapon."on April 24, an U.S.
China has pushed back against claims the virus may have originated inside Wuhan's virology lab, which say lenient safety protocols could have been responsible for the pathogen's inadvertent release. However, Thursday's statement from the national intelligence office noted that research is still ongoing.
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