China still hiding vital information on origin of Covid-19: Joe Biden
US intelligence officials have denied that the coronavirus was developed as a weapon. Most agencies assess with “low confidence” that it was not a genetically developed virus.
Washington:
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that China is still hiding “important information” from the world on the origins of Covid-19. Earlier, the US intelligence community said it was unbelievable that the virus was a bioweapon – but people were divided on whether the virus originated from a laboratory.
However, the United States does not believe that Chinese officials knew about the coronavirus before the initial outbreak of the pandemic, which has so far claimed 4.5 million lives.
Joe Biden said in a statement, “Critical information about the origins of this pandemic exists in the People’s Republic of China, yet government officials in China have tried to prevent international investigators and members of the global public health community from accessing it.” work done.”
“To this day, China has refused to adopt transparency on this matter and refuses to provide vital information to the global community, while the death toll from this pandemic continues to rise,” he said.
However, US intelligence officials have denied that the coronavirus was developed as a weapon. Most agencies assess with “low confidence” that it was not a genetically developed virus.
However, the intelligence community is divided on the origin of the disease. Four agencies and the US National Intelligence Council have decided in favor of the risk of natural transmission of the epidemic through an animal, while the other agency stands for the theory of its leakage from the laboratory.
