US President Joe Biden. (Photo: AFP)

Biden made the statement after receiving a report from the US intelligence community conducting into the origins of COVID-19.

He said critical information about the origins of this pandemic exists in China and government officials in China have worked to prevent international investigators and members of the global public health community from accessing it.

The President also called on the international community to fully share information about the roots of the pandemic so that everyone would better understand how COVID-19 came to be in order to prevent further pandemics.

Earlier, the World Health Organization announced that it would set up a team investigating the roots of COVID-19 and other dangerous diseases.