The Biden administration has taken steps to permanently block China's Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving funding from the U.S. government after a review found the facility non-compliant with federal regulations.

According to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg, the United States notified the institute of the decision to suspend funding on Monday and reportedly outlined in a memo plans to block the institute from receiving any potential future support.

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The institute, located in the city where the COVID-19 outbreak began in China, previously received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct gain-of-function research on novel coronaviruses, and some believe it to be the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, though no governing body has made that definitive determination.

In June, President Joe Biden authorized the release of a declassified report outlining the lack of consensus among U.S. intelligence agencies regarding COVID-19's origin and that the federal government will "continue to assess that both a natural and laboratory-associated origin remain plausible hypotheses to explain the first human infection."

The report does note that multiple scientists working at WIV fell ill in the fall of 2019 and that the institute frequently did not adhere to safety protocols. Multiple reports have singled out researcher Ben Hu, who studied coronaviruses in programs funded by the U.S., as one of the first scientists to suffer symptoms.

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The White House did not return requests for comment on the topic, but a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told Bloomberg that "this action will ensure the [Wuhan Institute of Virology] does not receive another dollar of federal funding."

This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available.