The US Energy Department, which runs a network of national bioresearch labs, has joined the FBI in claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from a test tube in a Wuhan lab, American media reported Sunday, citing a classified document.
The secret document, less than five pages in length, was provided to the White House and select Congress members as an update to a 2021 intelligence report, which said the Energy Department was undecided about the virus’s origin, the newspaper said. The Energy Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation now both suggest that the outbreak resulted from a mishap in a lab in Wuhan, which the media says is the center of China’s coronavirus research.
