CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely caused outbreak
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CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.CBS News - 36m -
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19 came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed, though with low confidence, that it did, rather than from natural transmission.CBS News - 1h -
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratoryABC News - 1d -
CIA believes Covid-19 likely caused by lab leak, NBC News reports
"CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible."CNBC - 1d -
CIA now backs lab leak theory to explain origins of Covid-19
Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin. The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most ...The Guardian - 21h -
CIA says Covid-19 probably leaked from Chinese laboratory
US intelligence agency changes assessment of pandemic’s likely originsFinancial Times - 22h -
CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak
But the US intelligence agency cautions it has "low confidence" in this new determination.BBC News - 1d -
CIA shifts theory on COVID origin: Reports
The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John ...The Hill - 1d -
C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins
A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.The New York Times - 1d
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