Updated: May 24 2021, 19:51 ET Invalid Date, DONALD Trump has said he is all but certain that Covid-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, after a bombshell report claimed three scientists there fell ill at the beginning of the outbreak in November 2019. Speaking to Fox Nation's Dan Bognino on Monday, the former president said: "I think you can take the word ‘potential’ out that it came from the lab." 4 4 Trump's comments come after it was revealed three scientists were hospitalized in November 2019 with Covid-like symptomsCredit: AP Bongino and Trump were talking about the theory that the virus did originate in a lab in Wuhan, which the president often mentioned on the campaign trail.