“COVID-19 "came out of Wuhan, the labs,” referring to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.”
What FactCheck.org found
There isn’t credible evidence that SARS-CoV-2 came from a lab. On the contrary, several lines of evidence support the idea that the virus originated in bats and then spilled over to humans.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former President of the United States) made this claim around 10 January 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 January 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.