FBI director says China laboratory leak was likely COVID source

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that a laboratory leak in China was the likely source of the COVID-19 pandemic [File: Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo]

FBI Director Christopher Wray says his agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wray’s comments follow a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday that the US Energy Department had assessed with low confidence the pandemic resulted from an unintended lab leak in China.