Report: No proof of origin in Wuhan lab

The United States' intelligence agencies find no evidence that the COVID-19 virus originated from China's Wuhan research lab, a new declassified report says.

The claim of a COVID-19 lab leak theory from a laboratory in Wuhan dates back to the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its supporters point to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or WIV, which has been studying coronaviruses for over a decade.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, recently released a 10-page declassified report and said they found the coronaviruses known to be used in the WIV "were too distantly related to have led to the creation of SARS-CoV-2", which is the specific coronavirus that causes COVID-19.