US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know

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US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know
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The US Department of Energy has 'low confidence' that covid-19 may have originated from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China – but hasn’t released evidence supporting the claim

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