The US intel community is examining whether the new coronavirus emerged accidentally from a Chinese lab, but 'it's a possibility, though not the most likely possibility,' one official told NBCNews.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley told reporters this week that U.S. intelligence agencies are taking"a hard look" at whether the coronavirus originated in a Wuhan lab.President Donald Trump declined to answer a question about the intelligence during a televised briefing Wednesday.
China disputes that the virus could have originated in a Wuhan lab. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Thursday that the head of the World Health Organization has"repeatedly said there's no evidence" the virus was made in a lab and that"well-known medical experts" believe there is"no scientific basis" for claims of"so-called laboratory leaks."
Separately, the idea that the virus emerged at an animal market in Wuhan continues to be debated by experts. Dr. Ronald Waldman, a former official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a public health expert at George Washington University, said the theory has fallen out of favor in some quarters, in part because one of the early infected persons had no connection to the market.
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