It is reported by RIA Novosti.

“Based on the analysis of publicly available information, it seems reasonable to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely resulted from a research-related incident,” the document says.

The report emphasizes that the new data "may change the estimate."

At the same time, the document notes that the hypothesis of the natural focal origin of the coronavirus no longer deserves a “credibility” or “presumption of accuracy”.

Earlier, WHO spokesman in Russia Melita Vujnovic said that the version of the artificial origin of COVID-19 is the most unlikely, the World Health Organization does not believe in it.