CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab | AP News
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA “continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible,” the agency wrote in a statement about its new assessment. Instead of new evidence, the conclusion was based on fresh analyses of intelligence about the spread of the virus, its scientific properties and the work ...
What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came
6 days ago · Only one day before the CIA’s statement, the agency’s just-sworn-in director, John Ratcliffe, signalled that a new position on the origins of COVID-19 was coming.
CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely …
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA said Saturday it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added ...
CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak ... - CBS …
Jan 26, 2025 · The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even ...
CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though …
Jan 25, 2025 · 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 ...
CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from
Jan 25, 2025 · Health Care. CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.
C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins
Jan 25, 2025 · 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.
CIA says Covid-19 probably leaked from Chinese laboratory
Jan 25, 2025 · “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” the agency said in a ...
CIA Shifts View on Covid-19 Cause to Lab Leak ‘More Likely’
Jan 25, 2025 · 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.
CIA now says COVID-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a "research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely" and notes in its statement that both scenarios – lab origin and ...