COVID-19 likely originated in Chinese lab leak, US Energy Dept. says - report
Claims that a lab leak in China led to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been circulating for years, but they remain a subject of considerable dispute.
Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER/FILE PHOTO)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: