As the mystery over the origin of the COVID-19 virus continues, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States has now reportedly changed its official position on the origin of COVID-19. On Saturday, January 25, the CIA said that the COVID-19 virus was “more likely” to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory than to have been transmitted by animals.
CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reportin.” a CIA spokesperson said as quoted by AFP. In the past, the agency did not make any determination on whether COVID-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilt over from animals.

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