revamped its COVID-19 information earlier this month<\/a>\u00a0to push out the assertion that COVID-19 leaked out of a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cA lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is the most likely the origin of COVID-19,\u201d according to a section on the new White House webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCurrent government mechanisms for overseeing this dangerous gain-of-function research are incomplete, severely convoluted, and lack global applicability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CIA in January said the pandemic was more likely started in a lab instead of nature after it previously couldn\u2019t reach a determination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the agency cautioned it had \u201clow confidence\u201d and made clear that the lab origin and natural origin both remain plausible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A House panel, as well as other federal agencies like the FBI, reached similar conclusions about the lab leak theory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But China stressed in the white paper that according to a past joint study conducted with the World Health Organization, it found COVID-19 was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chinese report, which also delved into prevention and control of the disease, additionally bashed the US for not doing more to combat COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has severely undermined joint international efforts in the fight against the pandemic and become a weak link in global public health governance,\u201d China said \u2014 though the country has also faced accusations it covered up the severity of the virus in the early months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe US cannot continue to turn a deaf ear to the numerous questions over its conduct,\u201d Chinese officials wrote in part of the report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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