German Intelligence Believes Covid-19 Originated From Wuhan Lab Accident With 80-95% Probability, Classified for Five Years by Merkel and Scholz

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Updated Mar 12, 2025, 02:48 PM

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has reportedly believed since 2020 that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory accident in Wuhan, China, at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This assessment, which assigns an 80-95% probability to the lab leak theory, was based on a secret operation codenamed 'Saaremaa' and analysis of public data. The BND's findings included evidence of risky 'Gain-of-Function' experiments and numerous violations of laboratory safety regulations at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Despite these findings, the German government, including former Chancellor Angela Merkel and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has kept this information classified for the past five years. The BND's assessment was shared with the Chancellery during Merkel's tenure, but the decision to withhold this information from the public and international bodies like the WHO was made at the highest levels of government. The Chancellery has commissioned external experts to review the BND's findings since December of the previous year, but no final conclusions have been reached.

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FAZ Politik

@FAZ_Politik

According to a report, the BND has considered a laboratory accident to be the likely cause of the corona pandemic for years. The Chancellery had decided to keep the assessment under wraps. https://t.co/GyFJfKpdpj

PULS 24

@puls24news

As early as 2020, the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) was inclined to believe that an accident in a Chinese biolaboratory triggered the global corona pandemic. Several German media reported this on Wednesday. https://t.co/xIoNz86e1K

Insider Paper

@TheInsiderPaper

BREAKING: Germany's foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported. It also had indications that numerous…