MOSCOW, 20 APR — RIA Novosti. Between the US and China could occur in a political war with bacteriological shade, said a member of the Federation Council Alexei Pushkov tweeted.
According to him, the situation will develop to such events, if Washington accusing Beijing of deliberately concealing information about the coronavirus. At the same time, the MP stressed, the clash between these two countries were predicted long ago.
“First, it found expression in the trade war. But if the US decides to accuse China of deliberately concealing information about COVID-19, this clash may take the form of political warfare with bacteriological shade,” concluded Pushkov.
the American channel Fox News, citing sources, said earlier that the first patient with COVID-19 worked in the laboratory of the Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. One of the sources of the channel has accused China of “most expensive operation for concealing evidence” in history. It is argued that the laboratory had not developed biological weapons and had to show outstanding results in the research of virus of Chinese scientists.
the Chinese Authorities on 31 December 2019 has informed who of an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in Wuhan in the Central part of the country (Hubei province). Experts have established that the causative agent is a new coronavirus, and later the disease was officially called COVID-19. World health organization March 11 announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 2.2 million cases, more than 152 thousand people died.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
