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US House backs bill calling for intelligence information on the origins of COVID-19 to be declassified

The US Energy Department's claims of a lab leak sparked the current debate over the origins of the pandemic. (Reuters: Thomas Peter, file)

The US House of Representatives has voted unanimously to declassify intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic.

The 419 to 0 vote in favour of declassification increases pressure on US President Joe Biden's administration to allow the information's release.

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