COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and plastic bags with 'biohazard' signs are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 31, 2023.
COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and plastic bags with 'biohazard' signs.
  • A memo suggested that the Energy Department has 'low confidence' the coronavirus came from a lab leak, per WSJ.
  • Intelligence officials remain split on whether the virus occurred naturally or came from a lab.
  • The memo reaffirmed that the virus was not deliberately created or engineered as a biological weapon.

Officials from the Department of Energy say they have determined with "low confidence" that the Covid pandemic came about following a laboratory leak – a theory that has been hotly debated for the last three years.