washington: FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the bureau has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China, the FBI tweeted. The development comes after the Department of Energy concluded that an inadvertent laboratory leak in China has led to the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
“The FBI has assessed for some time now that the origin of the pandemic is most likely a possible laboratory incident in Wuhan… I will just make the observation that the Chinese government… is doing its best to try to feign failure.” And the FBI chief said, obscure the work here, the work that we’re doing, the work that our US government and close foreign partners are doing.
#FBI Director Ray confirmed that the bureau has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China. pic.twitter.com/LcBVNU7vmO– FBI (@FBI) March 1, 2023
Congress did not seek the update, which is less than five pages long. But lawmakers, mainly Republicans in the House and Senate, are conducting their own investigation into the origins of the pandemic and have pressed the Biden administration and the intelligence community for more information.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Energy has joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in claiming that the virus was most likely spread by accident in a Chinese laboratory.
The decision made by the Department of Energy is the product of new intelligence, and is notable because the department has great scientific knowledge and operates a network of US national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.
The insights provided by the Department of Energy come from its network of national laboratories, some of which conduct biological research, rather than more traditional types of intelligence such as spy networks or communications intercepts.
The new coronavirus first appeared in November in Wuhan, China. According to America’s 2021 Intelligence Report 2019, the causes of the epidemic have been known. Scholars and intelligence professionals have engaged in vigorous debate as well as lawmakers.