The US Department of Energy says Covid-19 likely originated from an unintentional laboratory leak in China, according to a classified document. However, he has not published evidence to support the claim.
Health
February 28, 2023
Security personnel outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2021 REUTERS/Tomas Pedro
The US Department of Energy (DOE) may have new evidence to suggest that the virus responsible for the covid-19 pandemic originated in 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?
Anonymous US officials briefed on a classified document said The Wall Street Journal that the agency now believes that an accidental laboratory leak in Wuhan, China, started the covid-19 pandemic. This…