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German news outlet, Der Spiegel, said an intelligence report has cast doubt over U.S. allegations that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab. The report, prepared for the German defense minister, says the accusations are an attempt to divert attention from the U.S. government's shortcomings in dealing with the pandemic. Top U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have claimed there is evidence to back the lab origin theory, but without further elaboration. U.S. intelligence agencies, however, have concluded that the virus is not man-made.