US Intelligence Agencies Not Sure Where, How COVID-19 Originated

This scanning electron microscope image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus (round yellowish objects), which The Epoch Times refers to as the CCP virus, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Photo published Feb. 19, 2020. NIAID-RML

U.S. intelligence agencies do not know the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19.

“The U.S. Intelligence Community does not know exactly where, when, or how the COVID-19 virus was transmitted initially but has coalesced around two likely scenarios: either it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals or it was a laboratory accident,” Amanda Schoch, assistant director of national intelligence for strategic communications, said in a statement on Thursday.