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COVID-19: New coronavirus not man-made or genetically modified: US intelligence

Intelligence Community concurs with scientific consensus that COVID-19 was not man-made

Last updated: April 30, 2020 | 19:18

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Washington: The US intelligence community said Thursday it had concluded that the novel coronavirus that has swept the globe originated in China but was not man-made or engineered.

"The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to US policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus, which originated in China," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement.

"The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not man-made or genetically modified."