| Biden Calls for US Report on Whether Coronavirus Emerged From a Lab |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=59580"><span class="small">Michael D. Shear, Julian E. Barnes, Carl Zimmer and Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times </span></a> |
| Thursday, 27 May 2021 08:57 |
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Excerpt: "President Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, indicating that his administration takes seriously the possibility that the deadly virus was accidentally leaked from a lab, in addition to the prevailing theory that it was transmitted by an animal to humans outside a lab."
Biden Calls for US Report on Whether Coronavirus Emerged From a Lab27 May 21
In a statement, Mr. Biden made it clear that the C.I.A. and other intelligence agencies had not yet reached a consensus on how the virus, which prompted a pandemic and has killed almost 600,000 Americans, originated in China. He directed them to report back to him in 90 days. “I have now asked the intelligence community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion,” the president said. |
| Last Updated on Thursday, 27 May 2021 09:06 |
resident Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, indicating that his administration takes seriously the possibility that the deadly virus was accidentally leaked from a lab, in addition to the prevailing theory that it was transmitted by an animal to humans outside a lab.