CIA Suggests Lab Leak Likely Cause of COVID Outbreak Amid Low Confidence Assessment
The CIA now considers a lab leak in China as the more likely origin of COVID-19, while maintaining "low confidence" in its conclusion. The agency's assessment relies on new analysis of intelligence, including the virus's spread, scientific properties, and conditions in China's virology labs. Despite the focus on a lab incident, the CIA acknowledges that both research-related and natural origin scenarios remain plausible.
