WASHINGTON (Reuters): The top US spy agency said for the first time on Thursday (April 30) the American intelligence community believes the Covid-19 virus that originated in China was not manmade or genetically modified.
The Office of Director of National Intelligence statement contradicted conspiracy theories floated by anti-China activists and some supporters of President Donald Trump suggesting the new coronavirus was developed by Chinese scientists in a government biological weapons laboratory from which it then escaped.
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