Declassified US intelligence answers few questions on Covid-19 origins

Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. [AP Photo]

Newly declassified intelligence on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic appears to cast doubt on theories that the outbreak that killed millions around the world began at a research laboratory in Wuhan, China.

A report issued late Friday by U.S. intelligence agencies and shared with members of Congress said that despite concerns about biosafety measures at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), and despite its history of work with coronaviruses, there is no intelligence that indicates Covid-19 was present in the lab before the outbreak.