Meanwhile, another study published by more than 20 scientists in Cell, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, said no epidemic has been caused by the escape of a novel virus, and there is no data to suggest the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other lab was working on COVID-19.

The White House on Friday morning launched a new website championing the theory that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was a manmade pathogen that leaked from an infectious disease laboratory in Wuhan,

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has publicly feuded for years with former top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the White House and President Donald Trump are pushing Cruz's view that the pandemic stemmed from a "lab leak" in Wuhan,