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BERLIN (Reuters): A German intelligence report casts doubt on the United States ‘accusations that Covid-19 originated from a Chinese laboratory, saying the accusations are an attempt to divert attention from the United States’ failure to control the disease. , Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday (May 8)
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday there was “a significant amount of evidence” that the coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but he did not question the conclusion by US intelligence agencies that it was not done. by man.
Spiegel said Germany’s BND spy agency had asked for evidence from members of the US-led “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance to support the accusation. None of the alliance members, the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, wanted to support Pompeo’s claim, he said.
An intelligence report prepared for German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer concluded that the US allegations were a deliberate attempt to divert public attention from President Donald Trump’s “own failures”.
A German government spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Trump has said he has evidence that the virus could have originated in a Chinese laboratory, but has declined to elaborate.
US deaths from the coronavirus topped 75,000 on Thursday, according to a Reuters count, with mixed messages from the White House and state governments on how to reduce the infection rate.
Deaths in the United States, the epicenter of the pandemic, have averaged 2,000 a day since mid-April. – Reuters
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