The new assessment was made based on the CIA’s review of existing information on the pandemic. And the agency will continue to assess the origin. A report from the Office of the Director of ...

But on Jan. 25, 2025, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) weighed in ... considered to be an extremely unlikely pathway,” the report concluded. Mao Ning, the foreign ministry spokeswoman ...

a spokesperson for China’s U.S. embassy said the CIA report has no credibility. “We firmly oppose the politicization and stigmatization of the source of the virus, and once again call on ...