WASHINGTON, 30 APR — RIA Novosti. the U.S. Intelligence community believes that the coronavirus COVID-19 was not created artificially, said Thursday the office of the Director of national intelligence, quoted by the associated Press.
“the Intelligence community agrees with the broad consensus of scientists that the virus COVID-19 was not created by man and have not been genetically modified”, — stated in the message of office.
“the Intelligence community will continue to examine in detail the information and intelligence to determine whether to start the flash (disease) from contact with infected animals, or it was a result of the incident in the lab in Wuhan,” — said in the message.
Earlier, the President of the United States Donald trump and Secretary of state Mike Pompeo has repeatedly criticized China in a lack of transparency, data on the origin of the virus. Pompeo has repeatedly urged China to report, could the virus to escape from the lab in Wuhan Institute of Virology, where studies are being conducted on infectious diseases.
Office of the Director of national intelligence coordinates the activities of 17 intelligence agencies of the United States, including the CIA, NSA, FBI and others.
