A US Department of Energy report rewrites the origin of SarsCov2. The Covid pandemic, we read, most likely arose from a laboratory leak .

The Wall Street Journal reports it exclusively after having read the research.

The same department had previously said it was undecided and not sure how the virus had developed.

Now, in an update to a 2021 report from the office of National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, the department has come to the same conclusions as the FBI, which has always maintained that Covid was the result of an accident in the Wuhan laboratory. in China .

According to US intelligence sources interviewed by WSJ, the department's position changed after " new intelligence information, research studies and consultations with non-governmental experts " emerged.

However, the White House specified that there is still "no definitive answer" to the question of the origin of Covid. This was stated by national security adviser Jake Sullivan , commenting on the Wall Street Journal news with CNN.

" President Biden has repeatedly directed every U.S. intelligence agency to put its utmost effort and resources into getting to the bottom of the matter ," the official added. “If we have new information, we will share it with Congress and the American people. But right now, there's no definitive answer."

(Unioneonline/L)