Coronavirus was 'not manmade or genetically modified' - US spy agency

CORONAVIRUS | The top US spy agency said for the first time on Thursday the American intelligence community believes the COVID-19 virus that originated in China was not manmade or genetically modified.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's statement contradicted conspiracy theories floated by anti-China activists and some supporters of President Donald Trump suggesting the new coronavirus was developed by Chinese scientists in a government biological weapons laboratory from which it then escaped.