Quick Glance: COVID most likely emerged from a China lab leak, according to the US Department of Energy: reports
- The World Health Organization pledged in mid-February to do everything possible "until we get the answer" on COVID's origins.
- The determination, which was noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines' office, marks a shift by the Energy Department, which had previously stated that it was unsure how the virus emerged.
- The conclusion, reportedly based on new intelligence, is nonetheless significant because the department oversees a network of national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.
- According to the Journal, four US intelligence agencies believe COVID spread naturally, while two others are split.
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Quick Glance: Can a monkeypox outbreak spark another pandemic? What Vice President Joe Biden says
- According to Biden, the United States has enough small pox vaccine on hand to deal with the outbreak.
- Nonetheless, he advised people to exercise caution.
- President Joe Biden attempted to reassure Americans that the current monkeypox outbreak was unlikely to result in a Covid-19-style pandemic.
- The president struck a more cautious tone a day after telling reporters that the epidemic was "something everyone should be concerned about," and that if it "were to spread, it would be consequential."
Quick Glance: North Korea had a "explosive" fever outbreak following the first COVID case.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the large outbreak as a "grave sign of lapses in our anti-epidemic system," according to state television.
- North Korea announced Friday that it is facing a large outbreak of a "fever" with at least 350,000 patients, only 24 hours after claiming to have discovered its first COVID case.The Omicron form of COVID-19 was discovered in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to state-run media on Thursday.
- In response, the government established a "maximum emergency epidemic prevention system," according to official media.
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