Biden asks intelligence community to investigate origins of COVID-19. A report is due in 90 days

Wuhan China Where the first known cases of COVID-19 were reported in December 2019 in March. The World Health Organization released a 120 page report outlining four Theories on its origin. A very likely scenario. The virus spread to humans through an animal like a bat or pangolin, extremely unlikely a lab leak. But now we're getting new information about researchers at one of china's labs, the Wuhan Institute of Virology two people briefed on a U. S. Intelligence reports say the report found three researchers from the lab got sick in november 2019 and had to be hospitalized. A State Department fact sheet from january only said it was several researchers in autumn 2019 with symptoms consistent with both Covid 19 and common seasonal illnesses. The director of Wuhan national biosafety Lab responded, telling State Media Global Times. The report is quote a complete lie and quote those claims are groundless. This new information adds to growing concern over the need for a more in depth probe into where Covid 19 started pointing to a lack of transparency in the W. H. O. S. Process. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in china until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened. I'm brit Conway reporting.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese lab.After months of minimizing that possibility as a fringe theory, the Biden administration is responding to both U.S. and world pressure for China to be more open about the outbreak.Biden asked U.S. intelligence agencies to report back on their findings within 90 days. He directed U.S. national laboratories to assist with the investigation and called on China to cooperate with international probes into the origins of the pandemic.Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have promoted the theory that the virus emerged from a laboratory accident rather than naturally through human contact with an infected animal.Biden in a statement said the majority of the intelligence community had "coalesced" around those two likely scenarios but "do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one to be more likely than the other." He revealed that two agencies lean toward the animal link and "one leans more toward" the lab theory, adding, "each with low or moderate confidence.""The United States will also keep working with like-minded partners around the world to press China to participate in a full, transparent, evidence-based international investigation and to provide access to all relevant data and evidence," said Biden.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the White House supports a new World Health Organization investigation in China, but she added that an effective probe "would require China finally stepping up and allowing access needed to determine the origins."Biden still held out the possibility that a firm conclusion may never be reached, given the Chinese government's refusal to fully cooperate with international investigations."The failure to get our inspectors on the ground in those early months will always hamper any investigation into the origin of COVID-19," he said.Administration officials still harbor strong doubts about the lab leak theory. They view China바카라 게임 웹사이트�s refusal to cooperate in the investigation 바카라 게임 웹사이트� particularly on something of such magnitude 바카라 게임 웹사이트� as emblematic of other irresponsible actions on the world stage.Privately, administration officials say the end result, if ever known, won바카라 게임 웹사이트�t change anything, but note China바카라 게임 웹사이트�s stonewalling is now on display for the world to see.Dr. Anthony Fauci, a White House coronavirus adviser, said Wednesday that he and most others in the scientific community "believe that the most likely scenario is that this was a natural occurrence, but no one knows that 100% for sure.""And since there's a lot of concern, a lot of speculation and since no one absolutely knows that, I believe we do need the kind of investigation where there's open transparency and all the information that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s available, to be made available, to scrutinize," Fauci said at a Senate hearing.Andy Slavitt, Biden's senior adviser for the coronavirus, said Tuesday that the world needs to "get to the bottom ... whatever the answer may be.""We need a completely transparent process from China; we need the WHO to assist in that matter," Slavitt said. "We don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t feel like we have that now."

WASHINGTON —

After months of minimizing that possibility as a fringe theory, the Biden administration is responding to both U.S. and world pressure for China to be more open about the outbreak.

Biden asked U.S. intelligence agencies to report back on their findings within 90 days. He directed U.S. national laboratories to assist with the investigation and called on China to cooperate with international probes into the origins of the pandemic.

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have promoted the theory that the virus emerged from a laboratory accident rather than naturally through human contact with an infected animal.

Biden in a statement said the majority of the intelligence community had "coalesced" around those two likely scenarios but "do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one to be more likely than the other." He revealed that two agencies lean toward the animal link and "one leans more toward" the lab theory, adding, "each with low or moderate confidence."

"The United States will also keep working with like-minded partners around the world to press China to participate in a full, transparent, evidence-based international investigation and to provide access to all relevant data and evidence," said Biden.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the White House supports a new World Health Organization investigation in China, but she added that an effective probe "would require China finally stepping up and allowing access needed to determine the origins."

Biden still held out the possibility that a firm conclusion may never be reached, given the Chinese government's refusal to fully cooperate with international investigations.

"The failure to get our inspectors on the ground in those early months will always hamper any investigation into the origin of COVID-19," he said.

Administration officials still harbor strong doubts about the lab leak theory. They view China바카라 게임 웹사이트�s refusal to cooperate in the investigation 바카라 게임 웹사이트� particularly on something of such magnitude 바카라 게임 웹사이트� as emblematic of other irresponsible actions on the world stage.

Privately, administration officials say the end result, if ever known, won바카라 게임 웹사이트�t change anything, but note China바카라 게임 웹사이트�s stonewalling is now on display for the world to see.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a White House coronavirus adviser, said Wednesday that he and most others in the scientific community "believe that the most likely scenario is that this was a natural occurrence, but no one knows that 100% for sure."

"And since there's a lot of concern, a lot of speculation and since no one absolutely knows that, I believe we do need the kind of investigation where there's open transparency and all the information that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s available, to be made available, to scrutinize," Fauci said at a Senate hearing.

Andy Slavitt, Biden's senior adviser for the coronavirus, said Tuesday that the world needs to "get to the bottom ... whatever the answer may be."

"We need a completely transparent process from China; we need the WHO to assist in that matter," Slavitt said. "We don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t feel like we have that now."

Biden asks intelligence community to investigate origins of COVID-19. A report is due in 90 days

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