The US intelligence agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has expressed suspicion of the coronavirus being prepared in a lab. In this report released on Saturday, China has been held responsible for COVID-19. It has also stated that they lack enough evidence.
This report was prepared on the orders of the Biden administration and former CIA director William Burns. It was made public on Saturday on the orders of John Ratcliffe, who became the CIA director in the Trump administration.
The CIA report has once again reignited the controversy over the spread of the deadly virus. This report has been prepared on the basis of a new analysis of the spread of the virus, its scientific characteristics and the work done in China's virology lab.
Intelligence officials said that the mystery may never be fully solved due to China's lack of co-operation. US lawmakers have pressured intelligence agencies to provide more information on the origins of COVID-19.
The issue is extremely important for American and global politics, as the world is still grappling with its effects. US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman and Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Saturday praised Ratcliffe for making the report public.
However, China has described the US allegations and any speculation about the origin of COVID-19 as baseless and politically motivated. On Saturday, Chinese Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu issued a statement saying, “We strongly oppose the politicization and stigmatization of the origin of the virus. We appeal to everyone to respect science and stay away from conspiracy theories.”
Scientists believe that the corona virus must have spread from bats. Earlier, other viruses like corona had spread from bats. Later it spread to raccoon dogs, civet cats or bamboo rats, which were found in the Wuhan market. Following this, it must have reached humans. In late 2019, cases of virus spreading among humans were reported.
Later, many reports raised questions about the spread of Corona from the lab in Wuhan, China. Two years ago, the US Department of Energy, in its report, considered the lab leak theory to be the most accurate.