Chinese officials have angrily denied the claim, calling it a smear campaign against Beijing.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was"most likely" caused by an incident in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
The comments come after a report earlier this week said the US Department of Energy had determined that a leak from a Chinese lab was the most likely cause of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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