Biden Orders New Report on Virus Origin From U.S. Spies
- President tells intelligence community to ‘redouble’ efforts
- Biden seeks clarity on virus originating in animals versus lab
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President Joe Biden said he ordered the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble” its effort to determine where the coronavirus came from, after conflicting assessments of whether its origins are natural or a lab accident.
In a statement Wednesday, Biden said the intelligence community delivered a report to him earlier this month that showed it was divided on the origins of the pandemic. Two “elements” of the community lean toward animals being the source, while one leans toward a lab origin, “each with low or moderate confidence,” Biden said.