"The intelligence community believes that Chinese officials were not aware of the virus before the outbreak of COVID-19," the document says.

Also, American intelligence claims that the virus was not developed as a biological weapon.

It is noted that the intelligence services have not come to a single conclusion regarding the origin of COVID-19.

They believe two hypotheses are plausible: natural contact with an infected animal and an incident in the laboratory.

Earlier, the UN called on all countries, including China, to cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO) in investigating the causes of the emergence of coronavirus infection.