COVID-19 came from a lab?

COVID-19 is likely to have leaked from a Wuhan laboratory.

The US Energy Department has produced a report for politicians, which has been seen by The Wall Street Journal newspaper, that suggested that a lab leak was the most likely reason for the emergence of the virus that shutdown the world in 2020.

The agency had previously been "undecided" on how the virus appeared and did add that it was not being engineered by China as part of a weapons programme.

The FBI also believes that a lab leak is the most likely source of COVID-19 but four other US agencies say it was probably the result of natural transmission.