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The novel coronavirus is a bio-warfare weapon.

Coronavirus is a bio-warfare weapon is one of the conspiracies that have appeared since the outbreak of coronavirus.

Coronavirus is a bio-warfare weapon is one of the conspiracies that have appeared since the outbreak of coronavirus.Many conspiracies are being circulated about coronavirus and most pre-eminent ones were that the virus could be a bioweapon and it could have originated from Wuhan, Institute of Virology, which houses China’s highest-level classification of labs that study the most dangerous viruses.

World Health Organisation stated that COVID-19 is a zoonotic virus and bats appear to be the reservoir of COVID-19 virus, but the intermediate host(s) has not yet been identified.

Global Times reported that the speculations circulated on social media that the current novel coronavirus may have been made in labs or as part of a bio-attack has been refuted by the Virologists who say that COVID 19 cannot be engineered by humans and people should think twice before circulating such theories at the movement.

Moreover, there are no official records or documents to prove that coronavirus is being used as a bio-warfare weapon with the deliberate release of pathogens or toxins to kill humans or animals. The coronavirus is new, and its lack of information combines to create the perfect situation for baseless conspiracy theories.

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your National Healthcare authority.

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.

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