China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low confidence, that it did, rather than from natural transmission.

The response comes after the CIA's assessment on Saturday (January 25) suggested that a lab leak was the more probable cause of the pandemic, rather than natural animal transmission. Mao stated ...

The CIA said Saturday the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The new assessment ... the issue of origin-tracing." Mao said Washington should "stop ...

China said Monday it was “extremely unlikely” COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than ...