US Intel: Wuhan Kept Beijing Out Of The Loop For Weeks When COVID-19 Hit Humans

The US intelligence community has not yet been able to tap into all sources of information on the origins of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

However, CNN reports intelligence officials say officials in Wuhan, China, kept the top brass in Beijing none the wiser for weeks.

US intelligence reports say that when the Chinese Communist Party learned about the virus, it tried to keep most of that knowledge from the rest of the world.

US officials say the Chinese conduct fits a pattern that was also seen during the outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, in 2003.

The Trump administration has looked into the possibility that the novel coronavirus spread from a Chinese laboratory rather than a market.

However, it has presented no proof to back up that theory.