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US intel chief says spy agencies still do not know 'where, when, or how' COVID-19 was initially transmitted
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US intelligence agencies still do not know "exactly where, when, or how Covid-19 virus was transmitted initially" in China but remain focused on two primary theories, that "it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals or it was a laboratory accident," the nation's top spy told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday.
That admission from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines came during the worldwide threats hearing. Her testimony is consistent with an intelligence community statement from almost a year ago that said it has not determined "whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan." That statement also said definitively the virus "was not man-made or genetically modified."More Related News

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