US intelligence couldn’t resolve debate over Covid origins – official report

Biden administration divided over whether Chinese laboratory incident was source of disease

The US intelligence community failed to resolve sharp debate within the Biden administration over whether a Chinese laboratory incident was the source of Covid-19, US officials said in a report summary on Friday.

The report, issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to Joe Biden's request, said a satisfying answer to the question of how a virus that has killed 4.6 million people worldwide started remained out of reach.