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The Covid-19 traceability assessment report requested by US President Biden by his intelligence agency failed to give a clear conclusion on this sensitive issue. Agence France-Presse said this issue is the source of friction between Washington and Beijing.
At the end of May, U.S. President Biden called on the U.S. intelligence agencies to “double their efforts” to explain the source of the coronavirus, and asked the intelligence agencies to provide a report within 90 days, but the agency has so far failed to conclude that the coronavirus is naturally transmitted to humans. It is still through laboratory leaks to reach a clear conclusion.
According to the Washington Post, Biden received the top-secret report on Tuesday, August 24, but the conclusion of this document is uncertain because, despite their research and analysis, intelligence officials failed to clarify the source of the virus. The explanation is agreed.
The Wall Street Journal quoted two unnamed U.S. officials as saying that part of the reason was that China did not provide enough information.
Current and former US officials said this highlights the importance of prompting China to share laboratory records, genome samples and other data that will help further explore the origin of the new coronavirus.
According to the “Washington Post” citing US government officials, the US intelligence community will try to decrypt part of the report in the next few days so that it may be released publicly.
Agence France-Presse said that the theory of the Wuhan laboratory leak accident in China, which has long been rejected by most experts, has returned to the debate in the United States in recent months. In the scientific community, calls for further investigation have also increased exponentially.
Beijing: show evidence
On Wednesday, August 25, Beijing once again ruled out any new investigations into laboratory accidents by WHO in its territory.
Fu Cong, Director of the Arms Control Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, told reporters on Wednesday, August 25, “China does not need to prove its innocence. If the United States believes China is guilty, then it should show evidence.”
According to the death toll compiled by AFP from official sources on Tuesday, August 24, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused at least 4,439,888 deaths worldwide since the end of December 2019.
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