Prognosis
Biden Report Inconclusive on Whether Covid Spread From Lab
- U.S. preparing to release an update after a report in May
- Report may stoke tension with China in not ruling out lab leak
Joe Biden
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The latest U.S. intelligence report on the origins of Covid-19 is inconclusive, according to an official familiar with it -- an outcome that will do little to quell debate about whether the virus spread to humans from animals or leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.
President Joe Biden received the report this week after asking for a deeper examination of the pandemic’s origins. He was briefed, and the White House is preparing to release an unclassified version in the coming days, officials said.