The outbreak of COVID-19 and the World battles various sub-variants of the disease with the origins of the virus being still a mystery. A whistleblower in the CIA has told Congress the agency bribed its own analysts to say COVID-19 did not originate in a Wuhan lab.

Whistleblower: CIA bribed analysts to avoid Wuhan origin theory

No direct evidence proving that coronavirus was created in any incident which took place at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology was found by United States intelligence agencies, said a report declassified on Friday.

US intelligence: No direct evidence found to prove coronavirus created in Wuhan lab, China obstructing review

A former federal investigator probing US government grants for high-risk research in China has found that the US government possibly made double payments for projects at the Wuhan lab in China.

Explained: Was US double-billed for Wuhan research... and Fauci's definition of a lab leak

The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that COVID-19 most likely emerged from a Chinese research lab leak. The origin story has gone from "conspiracy theory" to a government debate. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Wuhan Lab Leak theory resurfaces

US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has trained her guns on China and said COVID-19 came from a Chinese lab. In a brief Twitter rant, she added that all US aid to the 'communist' country should be cut.

Nikki Haley makes big claim on COVID-19, demands aid cut to 'communist' China

UK Prime minister Boris Johnson told Parliament recently that his government would be "refreshing biosecurity strategy to protect the UK against natural zoonosis and accidental laboratory leaks" in a move reports say the virus likely leaked from a Wuhan lab.

UK government seeks to create 'pandemic radar' as Wuhan virus lab theory gains credence

China's virologist Shi Zhengli, also known as “bat woman”, who heads the Wuhan lab has predicted that "new variants will continue to emerge" even as the world battles the deadly Delta variant of COVID-19.

Warning from Wuhan's 'bat woman': New Covid variants will continue to emerge, says Shi Zhengli

According to a new book, Dr Anthony Fauci opposed the Trump administration demands to withdraw a research grant to a foundation associated to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, only to “reluctantly agree” after it was indicated that his career would be risked.

COVID-19: Fauci fought Trump order to cancel research grant linked to Wuhan lab 

The lab leak theory is gaining traction. As American sleuths investigate the Wuhan Lab angle, China's Batwoman Shi Zhengli has claimed that her lab didn't engage in any risky research. But, fresh reports are challenging her claims. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: What was China's Batwoman up to at the Wuhan lab?

Two videos have emerged that reveal what Chinese researchers were up to in Wuhan. One of them shows how bats were stored inside the Wuhan Lab. In the second clip, Peter Daszak can be heard explaining how Chinese researchers were manipulating viruses. Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Caught On Camera: Bats locked up inside the Wuhan lab

Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist has finally broken her silence on Wuhan lab leak theory. She denied claims that the COVID-19 virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. She denounced the suspicions as baseless.

Top Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli refuted Wuhan lab leak theory

New footage from inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology revealed that live bats were being kept in cages in the lab, along with a vision of a scientist feeding a bat with a worm.

Wuhan lab video showing bats in cage raises new queries on virus origin

According to reports, British intelligence agencies believe it is “feasible” that the COVID-19 pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese bio laboratory. This has prompted Britain's Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi to demand that the WHO must fully investigate the origins of the deadly virus..

Report: British intelligence believes lab-leak theory is 'feasible'

As US President Joe Biden pushed the US intelligence community to find out the origin of the virus, World Health Organization's(WHO) emergencies chief Michael Ryan asserted that science should be separated from politics.

Virus origin probe 'poisoned by politics', says WHO

US President Joe Biden has asked his intelligence agencies to "redouble" efforts to find the origins of the Wuhan virus. The White House hasn't ruled out the "lab leak" theory. What does America know about the pandemic's origins? Palki Sharma brings you a report?

Gravitas: What the United States knows about COVID-19