{"id":69141,"date":"2021-05-27T14:52:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69141"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:52:37","slug":"covid-biden-orders-intelligence-report-on-virus-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69141","title":{"rendered":"Covid: Biden orders intelligence report on virus origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the emergence of Covid-19, amid growing controversy about the virus's origins.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mr Biden asked US intelligence groups to “redouble their efforts” and report to him within 90 days.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.<\/p>\n

More than 168 million cases have since been confirmed worldwide and at least 3.5 million deaths reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities linked early Covid cases to a seafood market in Wuhan, and scientists believed the virus first passed to humans from animals.<\/p>\n

But recent US media reports suggest growing evidence the virus could instead have emerged from a laboratory in China.<\/p>\n

Beijing has condemned the reports and suggested it could have come from a US laboratory instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the emergence of Covid-19, amid growing controversy about the virus’s origins. In a statement, Mr Biden asked US intelligence groups to “redouble their efforts” and report to him within 90 days. Covid-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n