‘No Idea’ If COVID-19 Originated in Chinese Laboratory: NIH Director

Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Lawrence Tabak testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 17, 2022. Shawn Thew/AFP via Getty Images

COVID-19 may have originated in a set of laboratories in China that was conducting experiments with U.S. taxpayer dollars, the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on April 19.

“Did the COVID-19 virus originate from the Wuhan Institute of Virology?” Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) asked Dr. Lawrence Tabak, the acting NIH director, during a hearing in Washington.