Tag #Gain-Of-Function

What was the BND's assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic's origin, and what were the immediate consequences of the German government's decision to keep this information secret?

The German intelligence agency, BND, assessed with 80-95% probability in 2020 that a lab accident in Wuhan caused the COVID-19 pandemic, based on Operation Saaremaa findings including scientific data from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This assessment, however, was kept secret by the German government.