US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here’s what to know
Security personnel outside Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2021 REUTERS/Thomas Peter
The US Department of Energy (DOE) may have new evidence to suggest that the virus responsible for the covid-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory in China. The news is the latest in an ongoing and contentious debate about the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
What evidence does the DOE have?
Unnamed US officials briefed on a classified document told the Wall Street Journal that the agency now believes that an accidental laboratory leak in Wuhan, China started the covid-19 pandemic. This was …